Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Hong Kong moved up, but South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan and Australia were weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly down. France, Greece and Hungary are down more than 1%; Poland, Turkey, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa, Finland, the Netherands and Israel […]
Before the Open (Jan 9)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets traded quietly and closed with a lean to the upside. The Philippines rallied 2%; Japan and Singapore also did well. South Korea was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. France, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Sweden are doing well. […]
Before the Open (Jan 8)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Indonesia and Singapore all did well. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. The UAE, Greece, Denmark, South Africa, Russia, Belgium and Portugal are doing the best. Israel is […]
Before the Open (Jan 5)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia did the best. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are mostly up. France, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Israel, Sweden and Saudi Arabia are leading. Futures in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for […]
Before the Open (Jan 4)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific closed mostly up. Japan rallied more than 3%; China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand also did well. South Korea was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently doing very well. Italy, Austria and Poland are up more than 2%; Spain, Belgium, Portugal, the Czech […]
Before the Open (Jan 3)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore rallied more than 1%; China, Hong Kong, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan and Malaysia also did well. Indonesia was weak. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are currently mostly up. France, Germany, the UAE, Finland, Russia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, […]
Before the Open (Jan 2)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. Happy New Years. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand did the best; Malaysia dropped. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are split. Turkey, the UAE, Greee and Portugal are up while the UK, Poland, France and Germany are down. Futures in the […]
Before the Open (Dec 29)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Here we go – last day of the week, month, quarter and year. The Asian/Pacific markets closed nearly up across-the-board. Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand led the way; Australia posted a loss. Europe, Africa and the Middle East are split. The UK, the UAE, South Africa, […]
Before the Open (Dec 28)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines did the best while Japan and Thailand lagged. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Turkey and the UAE are up, but Greece, Russia, Kenya, Spain and the Czech Republic are […]
Before the Open (Dec 27)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines did well while China and Hong Kong posted losses. Europe, Africa and the Middle East currently lean to the downside. Poland, Greece and Norway are up; Finland, Portugal, Israel, Austria, Sweden and […]