Market Talk - Friday, Sep. 4

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 806.46 points or 1.26% to 65,020.94

• Shanghai decreased 11.972 points or -0.30% to 3,930.116

• Hang Seng increased 437.56 points or 1.74% to 25,650.87

• ASX 200 decreased 14.20 points or -0.16% to 9,005.90

• SENSEX increased 362.57 points or 0.48% to 76,515.43

• Nifty50 increased 24.25 points or 0.10% to 23,897.70

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00023 or 0.03% to 0.72030

• NZDUSD increased 0.00011 or 0.02% to 0.58811

• USDJPY increased 0.359 or 0.23% to 156.164

• USDCNY decreased 0.00899 or -0.13% to 6.70864

The above data was collected around 14:24 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 47.76 USD/t oz. or -1.07% to 4,425.87

• Silver decreased 0.974 USD/t. oz. or -1.45% to 65.990

The above data was collected around 14:27 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 7.63 points or -0.09% to 8,278.77

• FTSE 100 decreased 0.43 points or 0.00% to 10,831.09

• DAX 30 increased 43.08 points or 0.17% to 26,046.40

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00144 or -0.12% to 1.16116

• GBPUSD decreased 0.0013 or -0.10% to 1.35125

• USDCHF increased 0.00257 or 0.32% to 0.81010

The above data was collected around 14:36 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 271.86 points (0.51%) to 53,414.25
S&P 500 declined by 29.11 points (0.38%) to 7,718.6
NASDAQ declined by 77.07 points (0.29%) to 26,506.99
Russell 2000 advanced by 7.38 points (0.25%) to 2,975.648

Canada:

TSX Composite declined by 119.32 points (0.33%) to 36,513.8
TSX 60 declined by 8.12 points (0.38%) to 2,145.93

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 92.27 points (0.05%) to 185,095.86

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.274 USD/BBL or 0.30% to 91.574

• Brent increased 0.876 USD/BBL or 0.92% to 96.396

• Natural gas increased 0.0519 USD/MMBtu or 1.78% to 2.9649

• Gasoline increased 0.0705 USD/GAL 2.25% to 3.2054

• Heating oil decreased 0.0531 USD/GAL or -1.16% to 4.5405

The above data was collected around 14:38 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Gasoline (2.25%), Natural Gas (1.78%), Brent (0.92%) and Silicon (1.09%)

• Top commodity losers: Lithium (-2.56%), Wheat (-3.34%), Butter (-5.11%) and Palladium (-2.99%)

The above data was collected around 14:45 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.9070% (-6.39bp), US 2’s 4.39% (+0.034%), US 10’s 4.7840% (+1.1bps); US 30’s 5.24 (-0.008%), Bunds 3.3392% (-1.08bp), France 4.207% (-0.24bp), Italy 4.1460% (-3.22bp), Turkey 34.365% (+261.5bp), Greece 4.0110% (-2.39bp), Portugal 3.6700% (-3.57bp); Spain 3.773% (-2.4bp) and UK Gilts 5.1334% (-2.92bp)

The above data was collected around 14:50 EST.