Market Talk – Monday, March 9

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 2,892.12 points or -5.20% to 52,728.72

• Shanghai decreased 27.592 points or -0.67% to 4,096.602

• Hang Seng decreased 348.83 points or -1.35% to 25,408.46

• ASX 200 decreased 252.00 points or -2.85% to 8,599.00

• SENSEX decreased 1,352.74 points or -1.71% to 77,566.16

• Nifty50 decreased 422.40 points or -1.73% to 24,028.05

The major Asian currency markets had a green day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00219 or 0.31% to 0.70508

• NZDUSD increased 0.00244 or 0.41% to 0.59234

• USDJPY increased 0.291 or 0.18% to 158.128

• USDCNY increased 0.0006 or 0.01% to 6.91018

The above data was collected around 13:01 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 54.72 USD/t oz. or -1.06% to 5,104.17

• Silver increased 0.334 USD/t. oz. or 0.40% to 84.667

The above data was collected around 13:05 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 78.13 points or -0.98% to 7,915.36

• FTSE 100 decreased 35.23 points or -0.34% to 10,249.52

• DAX 30 decreased 181.66 points or -0.77% to 23,409.37

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00344 or -0.30% to 1.15842

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00152 or -0.11% to 1.33856

• USDCHF increased 0.00301 or 0.39% to 0.77931

The above data was collected around 13:09 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

• Dow advanced by 239.25 points (+0.50%) to 47,740.80

• S&P 500 advanced by 55.97 points (+0.83%) to 6,795.99

• NASDAQ advanced by 308.27 points (+1.38%) to 22,695.946

• Russell 2000 advanced by 28.37 points (+1.12%) to 2,553.669

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced by 105.60 points (+0.32%) to 33,189.32

• TSX 60 advanced by 5.89 points (+0.31%) to 1,921.92

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced by 1,899.81 points (+1.06%) to 181,264.63

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 4.288 USD/BBL or 4.72% to 95.188

• Brent increased 7.235 USD/BBL or 7.81% to 99.925

• Natural gas decreased 0.1002 USD/MMBtu or -3.15% to 3.0858

• Gasoline increased 0.0414 USD/GAL or 1.50% to 2.8087

• Heating oil increased 0.016 USD/GAL or 0.44% to 3.6384

The above data was collected around 13:12 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Sugar (3.66%), Crude Oil (4.72%), Brent (7.81%) and Methanol (4.04%)

• Top commodity losers: Live Cattle (-1.77%), Natural Gas (-3.15%), Wheat (-1.64%) and Oat (-4.90%)

The above data was collected around 13:22 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1860% (+1.97bp), US 2’s 3.59% (+0.032%), US 10’s 4.1300% (-0.3bps); US 30’s 4.74 (-0.029%), Bunds 2.8650% (+0.07bp), France 3.5100% (-0.36bp), Italy 3.6270% (-1.02bp), Turkey 32.215% (+308.5bp), Greece 3.655% (+5.3bp), Portugal 3.317% (+1.4bp); Spain 3.352% (-0.8bp) and UK Gilts 4.5860% (+1.33bp)

The above data was collected around 13:26 EST.