Market Talk - Tuesday, Aug. 25

Global equity markets largely advanced on Tuesday, led by a 0.66% gain in the Nasdaq.

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 328.34 points or 0.50% to 65,856.43

• Shanghai increased 7.437 points or 0.19% to 3,889.445

• Hang Seng decreased 6.23 points or -0.02% to 25,511.10

• ASX 200 increased 61.50 points or 0.68% to 9,164.60

• SENSEX increased 286.98 points or 0.37% to 77,656.09

• Nifty50 increased 115.50 points or 0.48% to 24,334.55

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00096 or 0.13% to 0.71594

• NZDUSD increased 0.0015 or 0.25% to 0.59730

• USDJPY increased 0.135 or 0.08% to 159.228

• USDCNY decreased 0.00413 or -0.06% to 6.71768

The above data was collected around 14:58 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 4.49 USD/t oz. or 0.10% to 4,656.49

•  Silver increased 0.07 USD/t. oz. or 0.10% to 69.009

The above data was collected around 15:01 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 13.81 points or -0.16% to 8,439.20

•  FTSE 100 increased 31.84 points or 0.29% to 10,886.16

•  DAX 30 increased 159.54 points or 0.61% to 26,266.14

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00107 or 0.09% to 1.16746

• GBPUSD increased 0.00133 or 0.10% to 1.36447

• USDCHF decreased 0.00043 or -0.05% to 0.80198

The above data was collected around 15:05 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

  • DJIA advanced by 160.24 points (0.3%) to 53,577.4

  • S&P 500 advanced by 24.42 points (0.32%) to 7,677.28

  • NASDAQ advanced by 171.11 points (0.66%) to 26,151.3

  • Russell 2000 advanced by 14.94 points (0.5%) to 3,010.022

Canada:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 243.51 points (0.66%) to 36,957.63

  • TSX 60 advanced by 16.18 points (0.75%) to 2,166.48

Brazil:

  • Bovespa advanced by 2,677.04 points (1.56%) to 174,583.76

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil decreased 2.704 USD/BBL or -3.18% to 82.306

•  Brent decreased 3.631 USD/BBL or -3.94% to 88.540

•  Natural gas increased 0.0075 USD/MMBtu or 0.27% to 2.7895

•  Gasoline decreased 0.0215 USD/GAL -0.66% to 3.2493

•  Heating oil decreased 0.0367 USD/GAL or -0.86% to 4.2310

The above data was collected around 15:06 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Canola (2.60%), Corn (1.89%), Rapeseed (2.11%) and Canola (2.60%)

•  Top commodity losers: Sugar (-2.27%), Lithium (-2.18%), Brent (-3.94%) and Crude Oil (-3.18%)

The above data was collected around 15:13 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.8920% (+1.22bp), US 2’s 4.20% (-0.028%), US 10’s 4.6390% (-6.2bps); US 30’s 5.17 (-0.056%), Bunds 3.1990% (-4.95bp), France 4.064% (-6.02bp), Italy 4.0041% (-8.57bp), Turkey 31.990% (-9bp), Greece 3.8793% (-6.43bp), Portugal 3.5588% (-4.68bp); Spain 3.651% (-5.89bp) and UK Gilts 4.9914% (-6.8bp)

The above data was collected around 15:19 EST.

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