Market Talk - Friday, April 24

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 575.95 points or 0.97% to 59,716.18

• Shanghai decreased 13.35 points or -0.33% to 4,079.90

• Hang Seng increased 62.87 points or 0.24% to 25,978.07

• ASX 200 decreased 6.90 points or -0.08% to 8,786.50

• SENSEX decreased 982.71 points or -1.27% to 76,681.29

• Nifty50 decreased 275.10 points or -1.14% to 23,897.95

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00228 or 0.32% to 0.71513

• NZDUSD increased 0.0028 or 0.48% to 0.58820

• USDJPY decreased 0.294 or -0.18% to 159.407

• USDCNY decreased 0.00095 or -0.01% to 6.83398

The above data was collected around 16:18 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 8.05 USD/t oz. or 0.17% to 4,706.11

• Silver increased 0.477 USD/t. oz. or 0.63% to 75.857

The above data was collected around 12:38 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 69.50 points or -0.84% to 8,157.82

• FTSE 100 decreased 77.93 points or -0.75% to 10,379.08

• DAX 30 decreased 26.47 points or -0.11% to 24,128.98

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.0036 or 0.31% to 1.17194

• GBPUSD increased 0.0064 or 0.48% to 1.35311

• USDCHF decreased 0.00171 or -0.22% to 0.78485

The above data was collected around 16:23 EST.

Americas:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 79.61 points (-0.16%) to 49,230.71
S&P 500 advanced by 56.68 points (0.80%) to 7,165.08
NASDAQ advanced by 398.09 points (1.63%) to 24,836.599
Russell 2000 advanced by 11.46 points (0.41%) to 2,786.558

Canada:

TSX Composite declined by 8.32 points (-0.02%) to 33,904.61
TSX 60 declined by 0.81 points (-0.04%) to 1,975.05

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 904.24 points (-0.47%) to 190,474.19

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.317 USD/BBL or -0.33% to 95.533

• Brent increased 1.634 USD/BBL or 1.56% to 106.704

• Natural gas decreased 0.0937 USD/MMBtu or -3.58% to 2.5203

• Gasoline increased 0.0293 USD/GAL 0.85% to 3.4914

• Heating oil decreased 0.0209 USD/GAL or -0.52% to 3.9673

The above data was collected around 16:25 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Brent (1.56%), Cheese (1.73%), Bitumen (2.44%) and Nickel (1.86%)

• Top commodity losers: Rice (-1.91%), Orange Juice (-3.52%), Natural Gas (-3.58%) and Coffee (-1.83%)

The above data was collected around 16:30 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.4410% (+1.47bp), US 2’s 3.79% (-0.057%), US 10’s 4.3100% (-1.9bps); US 30’s 4.92 (+0.001%), Bunds 2.9928% (-1.14bp), France 3.6456% (-2.1bp), Italy 3.7830% (-2.37bp), Turkey 33.410% (+296bp), Greece 3.790% (+1.7bp), Portugal 3.426% (-0.1bp); Spain 3.440% (-3.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.9350% (+1.3bp)

The above data was collected around 16:31 EST.