Market Talk - Thursday, Aug. 27

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 130.18 points or -0.20% to 66,131.98

• Shanghai increased 44.048 points or 1.13% to 3,956.571

• Hang Seng decreased 87.23 points or -0.34% to 25,565.74

• ASX 200 decreased 89.60 points or -0.98% to 9,038.20

• SENSEX decreased 539.35 points or -0.70% to 76,933.59

• Nifty50 decreased 116.90 points or -0.48% to 24,090.85

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00254 or 0.35% to 0.71958

• NZDUSD increased 0.0006 or 0.10% to 0.59510

• USDJPY decreased 0.049 or -0.03% to 159.267

• USDCNY decreased 0.00388 or -0.06% to 6.71881

The above data was collected around 12:41 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 18.01 USD/t oz. or 0.39% to 4,611.75

• Silver increased 1.333 USD/t. oz. or 1.96% to 69.428

The above data was collected around 12:45 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 142.52 points or -1.68% to 8,319.87

• FTSE 100 decreased 85.58 points or -0.79% to 10,792.54

• DAX 30 increased 81.28 points or 0.31% to 26,367.24

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00005 or 0.00% to 1.16517

• GBPUSD increased 0.00009 or 0.01% to 1.35953

• USDCHF decreased 0.0015 or -0.19% to 0.80394

The above data was collected around 12:50 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA advanced by 105.56 points (0.2%) to 53,569.44
S&P 500 advanced by 55.29 points (0.72%) to 7,730.99
NASDAQ advanced by 411.16 points (1.57%) to 26,541.352
Russell 2000 advanced by 8.46 points (0.28%) to 3,014.36

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 20.6 points (0.06%) to 36,834.25
TSX 60 declined by 2.64 points (0.12%) to 2,155.28

Brazil:

Bovespa advanced by 743.2 points (0.43%) to 175,329.46

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.608 USD/BBL or 0.74% to 82.838

• Brent increased 1.164 USD/BBL or 1.32% to 89.004

• Natural gas increased 0.0655 USD/MMBtu or 2.28% to 2.9395

• Gasoline increased 0.0234 USD/GAL 0.70% to 3.3435

• Heating oil decreased 0.0317 USD/GAL or -0.74% to 4.2283

The above data was collected around 12:53 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (2.28%), Wool (2.26%), Sugar (2.99%) and Cocoa (8.27%)

• Top commodity losers: Palm Oil (-0.74%), Bitumen (-0.81%), Coffee (-3.30%) and Heating Oil (-0.74%)

The above data was collected around 13:02 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.8950% (+0.75bp), US 2’s 4.23% (+0.004%), US 10’s 4.6690% (+1.6bps); US 30’s 5.19 (+0.015%), Bunds 3.2576% (+3.09bp), France 4.107% (+2.55bp), Italy 4.0720% (+1.79bp), Turkey 31.930% (-6bp), Greece 3.9190% (+3.99bp), Portugal 3.6090% (+2.1bp); Spain 3.707% (+1.2bp) and UK Gilts 5.0400% (+1.56bp)

The above data was collected around 13:04 EST.