Market Talk: Global Markets Traded Mixed

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 208.25 points or -0.33% to 63,081.86

• Shanghai increased 39.014 points or 1.08% to 3,638.031

• Hang Seng increased 98.90 points or 0.42% to 23,393.32

• ASX 200 decreased 51.60 points or -0.58% to 8,856.50

• SENSEX increased 1,233.25 points or 1.66% to 75,692.78

• Nifty50 increased 387.70 points or 1.68% to 23,440.80

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.0016 or -0.23% to 0.70164

• NZDUSD decreased 0.0002 or -0.04% to 0.56280

• USDJPY increased 0.284 or 0.18% to 157.845

• USDCNY decreased 0.00562 or -0.08% to 6.64669

The above data was collected around 11:48 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 93.27 USD/t oz. or 2.41% to 3,969.11

• Silver increased 2.057 USD/t. oz. or 4.21% to 50.960

The above data was collected around 11:53 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 78.27 points or 0.98% to 8,047.69

• FTSE 100 increased 31.55 points or 0.29% to 10,761.33

• DAX 30 increased 162.88 points or 0.63% to 25,981.09

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.0049 or 0.44% to 1.12073

• GBPUSD increased 0.00304 or 0.23% to 1.34215

• USDCHF decreased 0.00678 or -0.82% to 0.81818

The above data was collected around 12:05 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA advanced by 213.67 points (0.41%) to 51,983.98
S&P 500 declined by 38.67 points (0.51%) to 7,541.4
NASDAQ declined by 272.68 points (1.07%) to 25,164.315
Russell 2000 declined by 5.97 points (0.21%) to 2,805.876

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 181.06 points (0.51%) to 35,801.09
TSX 60 advanced by 10.51 points (0.49%) to 2,135.53

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 1,264.62 points (0.75%) to 167,921.8

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 7.639 USD/BBL or -7.34% to 96.481

• Brent decreased 8.853 USD/BBL or -7.80% to 104.577

• Natural gas increased 0.0046 USD/MMBtu or 0.16% to 2.9026

• Gasoline decreased 0.2368 USD/GAL -7.50% to 2.9197

• Heating oil decreased 0.2372 USD/GAL or -5.07% to 4.4389

The above data was collected around 12:10 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (4.63%), Gold (2.41%), Silver (4.21%) and Silicon (2.57%)

• Top commodity losers: Bitumen (-5.94%), Crude Oil (-7.34%), Brent (-7.80%) and Gasoline (-7.50%)

The above data was collected around 12:16 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7720% (+0.18bp), US 2’s 4.58% (-0.019%), US 10’s 4.8840% (-5bps); US 30’s 5.25 (-0.060%), Bunds 3.2946% (-2.39bp), France 4.9020% (-7.02bp), Italy 4.4100% (-8.16bp), Turkey 33.02% (-1bp), Greece 4.2390% (-8.01bp), Portugal 3.7510% (-3.28bp); Spain 3.9110% (-4.1bp) and UK Gilts 5.1963% (-9.54bp)

The above data was collected around 12:20 EST