Market Talk - Tuesday, August 18

Global equity markets faced broad selling pressure as the Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.5% and major U.S. indices finished lower.

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,759.52 points or -2.54% to 67,460.73

• Shanghai increased 7.65 points or 0.19% to 3,990.304

• Hang Seng increased 17.92 points or 0.07% to 25,471.15

• ASX 200 decreased 3.20 points or -0.04% to 9,070.00

• SENSEX decreased 492.70 points or -0.63% to 77,235.46

• Nifty50 decreased 132.75 points or -0.55% to 24,154.90

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00197 or -0.28% to 0.70854

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00285 or -0.48% to 0.58735

• USDJPY increased 0.188 or 0.12% to 159.639

• USDCNY increased 0.004 or 0.06% to 6.74695

The above data was collected around 15:56 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 73.65 USD/t oz. or -1.67% to 4,342.39

•  Silver decreased 2.252 USD/t. oz. or -3.42% to 63.515

The above data was collected around 15:58 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 70.24 points or -0.82% to 8,509.36

•  FTSE 100 increased 7.74 points or 0.07% to 10,728.04

•  DAX 30 decreased 210.25 points or -0.80% to 26,128.36

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00073 or -0.06% to 1.15731

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00146 or -0.11% to 1.35298

• USDCHF increased 0.00183 or 0.23% to 0.81265

The above data was collected around 16:30 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

  • DJIA declined by 116.38 points (0.22%) to 53,343.4

  • S&P 500 declined by 53.3 points (0.69%) to 7,691.76

  • NASDAQ declined by 355.2 points (1.33%) to 26,289.711

  • Russell 2000 declined by 39.65 points (1.3%) to 3,017.887

Canada:

  • TSX Composite declined by 299.99 points (0.82%) to 36,367.93

  • TSX 60 declined by 14.27 points (0.66%) to 2,143.86

Brazil:

  • Bovespa declined by 448.71 points (0.27%) to 166,334.86

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 0.794 USD/BBL or 0.94% to 85.294

•  Brent increased 0.336 USD/BBL or 0.37% to 91.206

•  Natural gas increased 0.1043 USD/MMBtu or 3.88% to 2.7943

•  Gasoline increased 0.0432 USD/GAL 1.32% to 3.3133

•  Heating oil increased 0.0452 USD/GAL or 1.02% to 4.4823

The above data was collected around 16:32 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (3.88%), Sugar (3.62%), Bitumen (2.45%) and Coffee (4.31%)

•  Top commodity losers: Canola (-2.79%), Platinum (-3.74%), Silver (-3.42%) and Palladium (-3.63%)

The above data was collected around 16:40 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.9390% (+1.34bp), US 2’s 4.18% (+0.002%), US 10’s 4.7110% (-1.5bps); US 30’s 5.29 (-0.020%), Bunds 3.2595% (+4.16bp), France 4.120% (+5.18bp), Italy 4.0726% (+4.32bp), Turkey 32.470% (-2bp), Greece 3.9293% (+6.5bp), Portugal 3.6135% (+4.11bp); Spain 3.712% (+4.51bp) and UK Gilts 5.0787% (-0.34bp)

The above data was collected around 16:45 EST.

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