Market Talk - Tuesday, July 7

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,480.73 points or -2.12% to 68,256.96

• Shanghai decreased 51.003 points or -1.26% to 3,990.235

• Hang Seng decreased 119.43 points or -0.51% to 23,496.89

• ASX 200 decreased 27.10 points or -0.31% to 8,803.90

• SENSEX decreased 104.35 points or -0.13% to 78,180.72

• Nifty50 decreased 31.65 points or -0.13% to 24,398.70

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00161 or -0.23% to 0.69393

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00136 or -0.24% to 0.56884

• USDJPY decreased 0.157 or -0.10% to 161.927

• USDCNY increased 0.00657 or 0.10% to 6.80098

The above data was collected around 13:35 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 18.36 USD/t oz. or -0.44% to 4,146.46

• Silver decreased 1.004 USD/t. oz. or -1.62% to 61.037

The above data was collected around 13:39 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 43.63 points or -0.51% to 8,436.24

• FTSE 100 increased 14.11 points or 0.13% to 10,665.88

• DAX 30 decreased 352.64 points or -1.37% to 25,465.25

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00133 or -0.12% to 1.14282

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00182 or -0.14% to 1.33736

• USDCHF increased 0.00157 or 0.19% to 0.80671

The above data was collected around 14:37 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 130.76 points (-0.25%) to 52,925.15
S&P 500 declined by 33.58 points (-0.45%) to 7,503.85
NASDAQ declined by 302.47 points (-1.16%) to 25,818.690
Russell 2000 declined by 27.05 points (-0.90%) to 2,982.488

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 60.27 points (0.17%) to 35,272.59
TSX 60 advanced by 9.88 points (0.48%) to 2,079.14

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 426.90 points (-0.25%) to 172,020.68

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 2.954 USD/BBL or 4.31% to 71.504

• Brent increased 3.194 USD/BBL or 4.44% to 75.184

• Natural gas increased 0.0136 USD/MMBtu or 0.42% to 3.2586

• Gasoline decreased 0.0221 USD/GAL -0.74% to 2.9812

• Heating oil increased 0.0463 USD/GAL or 1.40% to 3.3447

The above data was collected around 15:02 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (4.31%), Brent (4.44%), Cotton (3.77%) and Rice (2.32%)

• Top commodity losers: Silver (-1.62%), Coffee (-9.38%), Bitumen (-4.15%) and Orange Juice (-5.99%)

The above data was collected around 15:07 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.8460% (+0.8bp), US 2’s 4.19% (+0.069%), US 10’s 4.540% (+6.6bps); US 30’s 5.05 (+0.059%), Bunds 3.0087% (+6.35bp), France 3.675% (+5.39bp), Italy 3.7790% (+4.67bp), Turkey 33.475% (+11.5bp), Greece 3.6540% (+4.4bp), Portugal 3.381% (+3.97bp); Spain 3.483% (+5.4bp) and UK Gilts 4.8563% (+6.05bp)

The above data was collected around 15:13 EST.