DOW vs the World

Every morning (when the local markets are about to awake), I check the foreign markets. At 4:30 AM, this is what I got: Note that the Asian markets are already closed. So, does the DOW affect the foreign markets ... or vice-versa? I played with this a while ago: here and here. Then at 6:30 AM I check again and find this: Now what ... ?? The DOW opens UP 72 points even though foreign markets are all down: