Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish bias. Taiwan dropped 1.9%; India rallied 0.9%. Europe is currently mostly up. Greece is down 0.9%; Austria and Germany are up 0.7%. Futures here in the States point towards a gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly down. Japan dropped 2%; Singapore and South Korea dropped more than 1%. Europe is currently down across the board. Greece is the only index down significantly (3.5%). Futures here in the States point towards a slight down open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. China rallied 2%, and Japan dropped 1.1%. Nothing else moved much. Europe is currently mixed, but none of the indexes moved much from their unchanged levels. Futures here in the States point towards an up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed down across the board. India, Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan dropped 1% or more. China, which was closed all last week, dropped 0.6%. Europe is currently mostly down. France, Germany and Stockholm are down 0.9% or more. Futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Friday. Happy Employment Numbers Day. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. Australia, Indonesia and Singapore did well. Europe is currently up across the board. Greece is up 5.1%; France, Austria, Amsterdam, Norway, Stockholm and the Czech Republic are doing well. Before the latest jobs data was released, futures here in the States […]

Good morning. Happy Thursday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mostly up. India, Malaysia and Japan led the way. Europe currently leads to the upside, but other than Greece being up 1.4%, there are no standout performers. Futures here in the States point towards a moderate gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Wednesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bearish slant. Not one index moved more than 0.5%, and China was closed again. Europe is currently mixed. Greece is up 1.5%; otherwise there are no noticeable movers. Futures here in the States point towards a flat open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Tuesday. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed. Australia and Singapore did well; China and Hong Kong were still closed. Europe is currently up across the board. Greece is up 3.6%; Belgium is up 0.75%. Futures here in the States point towards a solid gap up open for the cash market.

Good morning. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. The Asian/Pacific markets closed mixed and with a bullish bias. China, Hong Kong and South Korea were closed. Japan dropped 0.8%. Europe is currently up across the board. Austria, France, Switzerland and London are up more than 1%. Futures here in the States point towards […]