Market Talk - Thursday, March 26

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 145.97 points or -0.27% to 53,603.65

• Shanghai decreased 42.754 points or -1.09% to 3,889.084

• Hang Seng decreased 479.52 points or -1.89% to 24,856.43

• ASX 200 decreased 8.60 points or -0.10% to 8,525.70

• SENSEX closed

• Nifty50 closed

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.0047 or -0.68% to 0.69004

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00377 or -0.65% to 0.57683

• USDJPY increased 0.195 or 0.12% to 159.668

• USDCNY increased 0.01727 or 0.25% to 6.91935

The above data was collected around 12:27 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 131.19 USD/t oz. or -2.90% to 4,397.76

•  Silver decreased 3.699 USD/t. oz. or -5.19% to 67.603

The above data was collected around 12:29 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 77.24 points or -0.98% to 7,769.31

•  FTSE 100 decreased 134.67 points or -1.33% to 9,972.17

•  DAX 30 decreased 344.11 points or -1.50% to 22,612.97

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00227 or -0.20% to 1.15359

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00265 or -0.20% to 1.33375

• USDCHF increased 0.00268 or 0.34% to 0.79442

The above data was collected around 12:42 EST.

Americas:

US Markets:

• DJIA declined by 469.38 points (-1.01%) to 45,960.11

• S&P 500 declined by 114.74 points (-1.74%) to 6,477.16

• NASDAQ declined by 521.74 points (-2.38%) to 21,408.081

• Russell 2000 declined by 43.06 points (-1.70%) to 2,493.321

Canada:

• TSX Composite declined by 495.08 points (-1.53%) to 31,887.52

• TSX 60 declined by 25.27 points (-1.34%) to 1,862.27

Brazil:

• Bovespa declined by 2,691.61 points (-1.45%) to 182,732.67

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 4.333 USD/BBL or 4.80% to 94.653

•  Brent increased 5.781 USD/BBL or 5.66% to 108.001

•  Natural gas increased 0.0446 USD/MMBtu or 1.51% to 2.9966

•  Gasoline increased 0.1143 USD/GAL 3.79% to 3.1267

•  Heating oil increased 0.2999 USD/GAL or 7.49% to 4.3062

The above data was collected around 12:45 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (7.49%), Brent (5.66%), Crude Oil (4.80%) and Gasoline (3.79%)

•  Top commodity losers: Palladium (-5.37%), Platinum (-4.85%), Silver (-5.19%) and Gold (-2.90%)

The above data was collected around 12:53 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2740% (+1.95bp), US 2’s 3.97% (+0.073%), US 10’s 4.4070% (+7.2bps); US 30’s 4.95 (+0.039%), Bunds 3.0730% (+11.95bp), France 3.7980% (+15.14bp), Italy 4.0210% (+18.77bp), Turkey 34.060% (+269bp), Greece 3.891% (+8.4bp), Portugal 3.553% (+13bp); Spain 3.606% (+13.5bp) and UK Gilts 4.9090% (+13.26bp)

The above data was collected around 12:56 EST.