Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan and New Zealand dropped more than 1%; China and Taiwan were also weak. Indonesia and Malaysia did well. Europe is currently mostly down. There were no big losers, but Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Italy and Portugal were all […]
Before the Open (Aug 15)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2.4%; Hong Kong also did well. Indonesia fell 1%. Europe currently leans to the upside, but movement is minimal. Austria, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Turkey, Greece and Denmark are up; Norway and Romania are down. Futures in […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Aug 12)
Good morning. Happy Friday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Japan, China and India posted gains greater than 1%; Hong Kong and Australia also did well. Europe is currently mixed. Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Hungary are up; Turkey is down. Futures in the States are flat.
Before the Open (Aug 11)
Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China, Taiwan and Australia posted losses while Hong Kong, India and Malaysia posted gains. Europe currently leans to the upside. France, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece and Turkey are leading. Futures in the States point towards a positive open for the cash market.
Before the Open (Aug 10)
Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the downside, but movement was minimal. India dropped 1.1%, and Taiwan moved up 0.5%. Otherwise the markets were all within 0.3% of their unchanged levels. Europe is currently mostly down, but movement is minimal there too. Austria, Norway and Denmark are down; Greece […]
Before the Open (Aug 9)
Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed with a lean to the upside. Japan, China and South Korea did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Germany, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Denmark, Finland and Portugal are doing well. The Czech Republic is down 1%. Futures in the States point towards a positive open […]
Before the Open (Aug 8)
Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a good weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed up across-the-board. Japan rallied 2.4%, and Hong Kong and Singapore did better than 1%. China, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Turkey is up more than 2%, the Czech Republic more than 1%, and […]
S&P Select – Week in Review
Per the nine S&P Select groups, this is how the market did last week.
Before the Open (Aug 5)
Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Hong Kong and India gained more than 1%; Indonesia, South Korea and Taiwan also did well. Europe is currently mostly up. Austria and Italy are up more than 1%; Greece, Finland and Spain are also doing well. Denmark is down 3%, […]