Market Talk: Nikkei 225 Dipped, Gold Climbed As Crude Oil Retreated

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 503.51 points or -0.80% to 62,189.65

• Shanghai increased 7.045 points or 0.19% to 3,697.52

• Hang Seng increased 118.44 points or 0.51% to 23,211.81

• ASX 200 increased 14.70 points or 0.17% to 8,809.90

• SENSEX increased 482.92 points or 0.66% to 73,606.75

• Nifty50 increased 153.20 points or 0.68% to 22,753.20

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00117 or -0.17% to 0.70200

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00139 or -0.24% to 0.56841

• USDJPY increased 0.623 or 0.40% to 157.488

• USDCNY decreased 0.00128 or -0.02% to 6.66820

The above data was collected around 13:09 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 32.37 USD/t oz. or 0.81% to 4,026.33

• Silver increased 0.331 USD/t. oz. or 0.61% to 54.209

The above data was collected around 13:12 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 64.50 points or 0.83% to 7,847.32

• FTSE 100 increased 76.97 points or 0.72% to 10,767.33

• DAX 30 increased 229.19 points or 0.91% to 25,410.84

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00115 or -0.10% to 1.11907

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00267 or -0.20% to 1.33512

• USDCHF increased 0.00178 or 0.22% to 0.82681

The above data was collected around 13:17 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA advanced by 146.42 points (0.28%) to 52,361.58
S&P 500 advanced by 53.09 points (0.7%) to 7,676.77
NASDAQ advanced by 214.04 points (0.83%) to 26,169.381
Russell 2000 advanced by 10.53 points (0.38%) to 2,786.424

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 155.98 points (0.44%) to 35,944.16
TSX 60 advanced by 8.66 points (0.41%) to 2,139.48

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 28,474.33 points (13.88%) to 176,608.23

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.974 USD/BBL or -0.94% to 102.296

• Brent decreased 0.38 USD/BBL or -0.33% to 116.340

• Natural gas decreased 0.0224 USD/MMBtu or -0.85% to 2.6176

• Gasoline increased 0.0248 USD/GAL 0.77% to 3.2364

• Heating oil decreased 0.0466 USD/GAL or -0.93% to 4.9376

The above data was collected around 13:19 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Lithium (1.34%), Bitumen (2.77%), Zinc (2.04%) and Rubber (1.10%)

• Top commodity losers: Nickel (-2.07%), Coffee (-2.27%), Sugar (-5.76%) and Oat (-1.79%)

The above data was collected around 13:31 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7850% (-1.07bp), US 2’s 4.72% (+0.028%), US 10’s 4.9840% (-1.7bps); US 30’s 5.30 (-0.023%), Bunds 3.3716% (+2.82bp), France 4.9100% (-12.67bp), Italy 4.4990% (-9.37bp), Turkey 35.785% (+277.5bp), Greece 4.3440% (-5.81bp), Portugal 3.8780% (-3.09bp); Spain 4.005% (-4.93bp) and UK Gilts 5.3517% (-1.76bp)

The above data was collected around 13:42 EST.