Market Talk - Monday, April 27

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 821.18 points or 1.38% to 60,537.36

• Shanghai increased 6.444 points or 0.16% to 4,086.344

• Hang Seng decreased 52.42 points or -0.20% to 25,925.65

• ASX 200 decreased 20.10 points or -0.23% to 8,766.40

• SENSEX increased 639.42 points or 0.83% to 77,303.63

• Nifty50 increased 194.75 points or 0.81% to 24,092.70

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00334 or 0.47% to 0.71865

• NZDUSD increased 0.00288 or 0.49% to 0.59108

• USDJPY increased 0.03 or 0.02% to 159.407

• USDCNY decreased 0.00664 or -0.10% to 6.82740

The above data was collected around 13:05 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 35.11 USD/t oz. or -0.75% to 4,674.16

• Silver decreased 0.471 USD/t. oz. or -0.62% to 75.159

The above data was collected around 13:08 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 15.90 points or -0.19% to 8,141.92

• FTSE 100 decreased 57.99 points or -0.56% to 10,321.09

• DAX 30 decreased 45.45 points or -0.19% to 24,083.53

The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.0003 or 0.03% to 1.17246

• GBPUSD increased 0.00044 or 0.03% to 1.35360

• USDCHF increased 0.00068 or 0.09% to 0.78571

The above data was collected around 13:14 EST.

Americas:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 62.92 points (-0.13%) to 49,167.79
S&P 500 advanced by 8.83 points (0.12%) to 7,173.91
NASDAQ advanced by 50.50 points (0.20%) to 24,887.100
Russell 2000 advanced by 1.19 points (0.04%) to 2,788.190

Canada:

TSX Composite declined by 85.92 points (-0.25%) to 33,818.19
TSX 60 declined by 6.50 points (-0.33%) to 1,968.71

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 1,166.23 points (-0.61%) to 189,578.79

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 2.871 USD/BBL or 3.04% to 97.271

• Brent increased 4.097 USD/BBL or 3.89% to 109.427

• Natural gas increased 0.0599 USD/MMBtu or 2.37% to 2.5829

• Gasoline increased 0.0302 USD/GAL 0.87% to 3.4928

• Heating oil increased 0.1753 USD/GAL or 4.51% to 4.0627

The above data was collected around 13:16 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Brent (3.89%), Heating Oil (4.51%), Bitumen (3.96%) and Crude Oil (3.04%)

• Top commodity losers: Zinc (-2.21%), Platinum (-1.67%), Cocoa (-4.02%) and Coffee (-2.15%)

The above data was collected around 13:25 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.4790% (+3.84bp), US 2’s 3.82% (+0.027%), US 10’s 4.3450% (+3.8bps); US 30’s 4.95 (+0.034%), Bunds 3.0443% (+3.75bp), France 3.6880% (+4.24bp), Italy 3.8490% (+4.6bp), Turkey 33.530% (+253bp), Greece 3.786% (-0.4bp), Portugal 3.470% (+4.4bp); Spain 3.501% (+5.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.9790% (+4.4bp)

The above data was collected around 13:35 EST.