Market Talk: Crude Oil Plunged, Precious Metals Spiked

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 893.23 points or -1.42% to 62,188.63

• Shanghai increased 78.075 points or 2.16% to 3,686.173

• Hang Seng increased 393.53 points or 1.67% to 23,919.50

• ASX 200 decreased 52.30 points or -0.59% to 8,834.50

• SENSEX increased 383.55 points or 0.50% to 77,301.40

• Nifty50 increased 149.75 points or 0.63% to 23,960.60

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00437 or 0.63% to 0.70099

• NZDUSD increased 0.00355 or 0.64% to 0.56205

• USDJPY decreased 0.262 or -0.17% to 158.421

• USDCNY increased 0.00396 or 0.06% to 6.67406

The above data was collected around 12:05 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 136.26 USD/t oz. or 3.47% to 4,067.94

• Silver increased 2.476 USD/t. oz. or 4.97% to 52.268

The above data was collected around 12:08 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 157.58 points or 1.96% to 8,177.89

• FTSE 100 increased 190.78 points or 1.79% to 10,829.21

• DAX 30 increased 573.05 points or 2.22% to 26,437.67

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.0039 or 0.35% to 1.12311

• GBPUSD increased 0.00549 or 0.41% to 1.34692

• USDCHF decreased 0.00423 or -0.52% to 0.81657

The above data was collected around 12:11 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA advanced by 1,569.4 points (3.03%) to 53,356.12
S&P 500 advanced by 119.7 points (1.58%) to 7,688.62
NASDAQ advanced by 364.5 points (1.44%) to 25,736.513
Russell 2000 advanced by 44.51 points (1.58%) to 2,856.953

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 809.12 points (2.28%) to 36,341.4
TSX 60 advanced by 49.62 points (2.35%) to 2,163.18

Brazil:

Bovespa advanced by 1,996.88 points (1.21%) to 167,525.8

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 7.616 USD/BBL or -7.93% to 88.474

• Brent decreased 8.742 USD/BBL or -8.44% to 94.858

• Natural gas increased 0.0484 USD/MMBtu or 1.67% to 2.9434

• Gasoline decreased 0.2001 USD/GAL -6.82% to 2.7354

• Heating oil decreased 0.3336 USD/GAL or -7.36% to 4.1970

The above data was collected around 12:13 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Silver (4.97%), Palladium (6.96%), Platinum (4.84%) and Milk (17.45%)

• Top commodity losers: Crude Oil (-7.93%), Brent (-8.44%), Heating Oil (-7.36%) and Gasoline (-6.82%)

The above data was collected around 12:19 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.8180% (+4.6bp), US 2’s 4.58% (-0.056%), US 10’s 4.9030% (-7.1bps); US 30’s 5.29 (-0.042%), Bunds 3.2806% (-2.95bp), France 4.8210% (-11.7bp), Italy 4.3190% (-14.07bp), Turkey 35.90% (+276bp), Greece 4.1730% (-6.66bp), Portugal 3.7250% (-3.51bp); Spain 3.8460% (-8.4bp) and UK Gilts 5.1615% (-8.61bp)

The above data was collected around 12:22 EST.