Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with an upward slant. India dropped 1.3%; China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan did well. Europe is currently mixed. Greece and Austria are leading to the downside; Stockholm and Italy are doing well. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the […]
Before the Open (Jul 29)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 3.3%, China and Indonesia more than 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Greece and Spain are doing well. Otherwise there no big movers. Futures here in the States point towards a down open for the cash market.
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Before the Open (Jul 26)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed, and other than Japan (down 3%), none of the indexes moved much. Europe is currently mixed. Spain and Greece are leading to the upside; Switzerland is lagging the most. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jul 25)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across-the-board. India, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore dropped 0.9% or more. Europe is currently down across-the-board. Austria, France, Germany, Amsterdam, Norway, Switzerland, London and Italy are down 0.6% or more. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap down open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Jul 24)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. India and Indonesia lost about 1%; New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan did the best but none of the markets gained 1%. Europe is currently up across-the-board. France, Germany, Stockholm, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic are leading. Futures here in the States point towards […]
Before the Open (Jul 23)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across the board. Hong Kong rallied 2.3%, China 2% and Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan better than 1%. Europe is currently mostly up. Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic are leading the way. Futures here in the States point towards a positive open for the cash […]
Before the Open (Jul 22)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, China, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan led the way; Indonesia dropped 1%. Europe is currently mixed. Only Stockholm (down 0.7%) and Greece (up 0.6%) have moved much. Futures here in the States point toward a slight up open […]
Before the Open (Jul 19)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Options Expiration Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish slant. China, Japan and Taiwan each dropped more than 1.5%; there were no big winners. Europe is currently trading mostly down. Italy and Norway are doing well to the upside; The Czech Republic and Greece are leading to […]
Before the Open (Jul 18)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, South Korea and Taiwan moved down. Japan, India and Indonesia moved up. Europe is currently mixed. Germany, Stockholm, London and the Czech Republic are down. Belgium and Italy are up. Futures here in the States point towards a slight up open for the cash market.