Market Talk - Wednesday, Feb. 25

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 1,262.03 points or 2.20% to 58,583.12

• Shanghai increased 29.822 points or 0.72% to 4,147.231

• Hang Seng increased 175.40 points or 0.66% to 26,765.72

• ASX 200 increased 106.00 points or 1.17% to 9,128.30

• SENSEX increased 50.15 points or 0.06% to 82,276.07

• Nifty50 increased 57.85 points or 0.23% to 25,482.50

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00612 or 0.87% to 0.71189

• NZDUSD increased 0.00280 or 0.47% to 0.59944

• USDJPY increased 0.488 or 0.31% to 156.356

• USDCNY decreased 0.02537 or -0.37% to 6.85408

The above data was collected around 13:11 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 67.17 USD/t oz. or 1.31% to 5,207.22

• Silver increased 3.836 USD/t. oz. or 4.40% to 90.941

The above data was collected around 13:16 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 39.86 points or 0.47% to 8,559.07

• FTSE 100 increased 125.82 points or 1.18% to 10,806.41

• DAX 30 increased 189.69 points or 0.76% to 25,175.94

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00342 or 0.29% to 1.18067

• GBPUSD increased 0.00624 or 0.46% to 1.35516

• USDCHF decreased 0.00173 or -0.22% to 0.77245

The above data was collected around 13:41 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

• Dow advanced by 307.65 points (+0.63%) to 49,482.15

• S&P 500 advanced by 56.06 points (+0.81%) to 6,946.13

• NASDAQ advanced by 288.40 points (+1.26%) to 23,152.077

• Russell 2000 advanced by 11.00 points (+0.41%) to 2,663.329

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced by 156.95 points (+0.46%) to 34,127.33

• TSX 60 advanced by 11.09 points (+0.57%) to 1,968.77

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa declined by 355.21 points (-0.19%) to 191,135.19

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.082 USD/BBL or 0.13% to 65.712

• Brent increased 0.299 USD/BBL or 0.42% to 71.069

• Natural gas increased 0.0706 USD/MMBtu or 2.49% to 2.9016

• Gasoline increased 0.0137 USD/GAL or 0.69% to 1.9982

• Heating oil decreased 0.0287 USD/GAL or -1.07% to 2.6582

The above data was collected around 13:43 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Lithium (6.41%), Butter (4.97%), Platinum (6.65%) and Silver (4.40%)

• Top commodity losers: Methanol (-1.47%), Heating Oil (-1.07%), Oat (-4.82%) and Rapeseed (-1.78%)

The above data was collected around 13:49 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1470% (+3.42bp), US 2’s 3.48% (+0.024%), US 10’s 4.0460% (+0.8bps); US 30’s 4.69 (+0.004%), Bunds 2.7080% (+0.04bp), France 3.2570% (-1.35bp), Italy 3.3060% (-1.59bp), Turkey 30.33% (+217bp), Greece 3.322% (-0.9bp), Portugal 3.066% (+0.8bp); Spain 3.111% (-0.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.3230% (+1.93bp)

The above data was collected around 13:52 EST.