Market Talk - Thursday, Aug. 6

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 617.18 points or -0.93% to 65,683.26

• Shanghai increased 21.923 points or 0.57% to 3,900.352

• Hang Seng decreased 385.54 points or -1.49% to 25,530.28

• ASX 200 increased 43.80 points or 0.47% to 9,271.60

• SENSEX increased 373.76 points or 0.48% to 78,954.76

• Nifty50 increased 11.35 points or 0.05% to 24,636.00

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00251 or -0.36% to 0.70333

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00184 or -0.31% to 0.58696

• USDJPY increased 0.649 or 0.41% to 158.399

• USDCNY increased 0.00054 or 0.01% to 6.74876

The above data was collected around 13:55 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 0.37 USD/t oz. or -0.01% to 4,247.03

•  Silver decreased 0.547 USD/t. oz. or -0.88% to 61.474

The above data was collected around 13:58 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 increased 30.41 points or 0.35% to 8,699.71

•  FTSE 100 decreased 20.41 points or -0.19% to 10,867.89

•  DAX 30 increased 13.83 points or 0.05% to 26,140.13

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00295 or -0.26% to 1.15239

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00105 or -0.08% to 1.34580

• USDCHF increased 0.00511 or 0.63% to 0.81225

The above data was collected around 14:16 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

• DJIA declined by 464.02 points (-0.85%) to 53,885.1

• S&P 500 declined by 13.59 points (-0.18%) to 7,709.96

• NASDAQ declined by 15.09 points (-0.06%) to 26,348.352

• Russell 2000 declined by 17.64 points (-0.58%) to 3,001.547

Canada:

• TSX Composite declined by 10.11 points (-0.03%) to 36,136.31

• TSX 60 advanced by 1.12 points (+0.05%) to 2,131.87

Brazil:

• Bovespa declined by 2,179.81 points (-1.23%) to 175,546.36

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 2.166 USD/BBL or 2.88% to 77.386

•  Brent increased 2.971 USD/BBL or 3.74% to 82.421

•  Natural gas decreased 0.0494 USD/MMBtu or -1.84% to 2.6386

•  Gasoline increased 0.0946 USD/GAL 3.33% to 2.9334

•  Heating oil increased 0.0683 USD/GAL or 1.80% to 3.8645

The above data was collected around 14:19 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Brent (3.74%), Gasoline (3.33%), Crude Oil (2.88%) and Bitumen (3.11%)

•  Top commodity losers: Nickel (-2.42%), Oat (-2.67%), Orange Juice (-5.13%) and Cocoa (-2.73%)

The above data was collected around 14:25 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7660% (-4.43bp), US 2’s 4.26% (+0.066%), US 10’s 4.6760% (+5.9bps); US 30’s 5.22 (+0.045%), Bunds 3.1482% (+4.45bp), France 3.920% (+2.65bp), Italy 3.9510% (+6.26bp), Turkey 32.380% (+26bp), Greece 3.7790% (+1.02bp), Portugal 3.5170% (+5.89bp); Spain 3.594% (+4.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.9496% (+5.74bp)

The above data was collected around 14:29 EST.