Category: Before the Open

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed; there were no outstanding winners or losers. Europe currently leans to the downside. Turkey and Finland are up; the UK, France, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Belgium are down. Futures in the States point to a positive open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, New Zealand and Indonesia led the way; Hong Kong, South Korea, India and Australia also did well. Europe is currently quiet. Poland and Greece are up; Hungary and Spain are down. Futures in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Indonesia and the Philippines each gained more than 1%. Europe is currently doing well. Poland, Greece and Portugal are up more than 1%; Switzerland, Finland and Russia are posting solid gains too. Futures in the States point towards a […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, India and Indonesia rallied more than 1%; China was weak. Europe is posting massive, across-the-board gains. France is up more than 4%; Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium more than 3%; Greece, Finland, the Netherlands, Portugal, Austria and Sweden […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up and with solid gains. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia led the way. Europe currently leans to the upside but is little changed overall. Turkey and Russia are doing the best; Poland is weak. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore did well; New Zealand was weak. Europe is currently mostly up. France, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and the Czech Republic are leading while Greece, Russia and Portugal are weakish. Futures in the States point towards […]

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia were weak. Europe currently leans to the upside but is little changed. Poland, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands are up the most. Norway is weak. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap up […]

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, China and Australia were weak; Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia did ok. Europe is currently posting sizeable, across-the-board losses. The UK, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Norway, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Russia and Greece are down more than 1%. Futures in the States point towards a moderate […]

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. A few of the Asian/Pacific markets were closed today. Of the ones that were open, they closed with a lean to the downside. Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia were weak; South Korea did well. Europe is closed today. Russia and Turkey are doing well. Futures […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside. South Korea did well; Singapore, Japan, Australia, India and Indonesia were weak. Europe is currently mostly down. The UK, France, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Spain, Italy and Portugal are weak; Poland, Norway and Denmark are doing well. Futures in the […]