Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. India, Indonesia, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan dropped the most. China moved up. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Spain and Greece are down more than 1%; Austria, Belgium, Stockholm and Italy are also down noticeably. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open […]
Before the Open (Nov 19)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Malaysia, South Korea and Taiwan did well; Australia and New Zealand lagged. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Italy and Spain are down 1% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a gap down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Nov 18)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong and India each rallied more than 2%; Indonesia moved up more than 1%. Europe is currently up across the board. Czech Republic, Greece, Spain and Italy are doing the best; France and Germany are also doing […]
Before the Open (Nov 15)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. China, Hong Kong, India, Japan and South Korea rallied more than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece and Italy are down. Amsterdam and Norway are leading to the upside. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for […]
Before the Open (Nov 14)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan rallied 2.1%, Indonesia 1.55 and Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Australia also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Italy, Spain and Austria are down while Belgium, Germany, Norway, Stockholm, Switzerland, London and Greece are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Nov 13)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan each dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Austria, Belgium, London, Czech Republic and Italy are down more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the […]
Before the Open (Nov 12)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Japan rallied 2.2%; China and South Korea also did well. India and Indonesia dropped more than 1%. Europe currently leans to the downside. Norway, Stockholm, Spain, Czech Republic and Greece are down the most. Futures here in the States hint at a slight down open for […]
Before the Open (Nov 11)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Hong Kong and Japan did well; India, Indonesia, New Zealand and Taiwan lagged. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium is down 1.2%; France, Amsterdam, Norway, Switzerland, Greece, Italy and Spain are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Nov 8)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. China, Japan and South Korea dropped 1%. Europe is currently mostly down. Austria, France, Norway, Czech Republic and Spain are down the most. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market. This of course can […]
Before the Open (Nov 7)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Indonesia did well while China, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea lagged. Europe is currently mostly up. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Czech Republic are posting solid gains. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the […]