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 […]
Before the Open (Apr 21)
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 […]
Before the Open (Apr 20)
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 […]
Before the Open (Apr 19)
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 […]
Before the Open (Apr 18)
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 […]
Before the Open (Apr 17)
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 […]
Before the Open (Apr 13)
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 […]
Before the Open (Apr 12)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore did well; Japan, China and India did not. Europe is currently mixed. Norway, Stockholm, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Hungary and Greece are up; Russia, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic are down. Futures in the States point towards a down open for […]
Before the Open (Apr 11)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India and China did well; Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan were weak. Europe is currently mixed. The UK, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Russia are doing well. Greece and Austria are weak. Futures in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Apr 10)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific market closed with a lean to the downside. Japan and Australia did well; China, South Korea and India were weak. Europe currently leans to the downside. Russia is down 2.1%; France, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland are also weak. Turkey is up […]