Market Talk - Thursday, Oct. 15

U.S. stocks closed higher with the Dow gaining 1.08%, even as Japan's Nikkei plummeted nearly 5%.

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 3,318.34 points or -4.90% to 64,425.95

• Shanghai decreased 59.751 points or -1.59% to 3,707.476

• Hang Seng decreased 251.45 points or -1.03% to 24,062.72

• ASX 200 decreased 8.20 points or -0.09% to 8,719.70

• SENSEX increased 1,533.72 points or 2.11% to 74,315.61

• Nifty50 increased 374.65 points or 1.66% to 22,997.35

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00583 or -0.84% to 0.69135

• NZDUSD increased 0.0017 or 0.30% to 0.56095

• USDJPY decreased 0.126 or -0.08% to 158.199

• USDCNY decreased 0.00525 or -0.08% to 6.69080

The above data was collected around 13:10 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 43.86 USD/t oz. or 1.07% to 4,149.43

•  Silver increased 1.381 USD/t. oz. or 2.48% to 56.980

The above data was collected around 13:28 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

•  CAC 40 increased 61.59 points or 0.78% to 7,934.70

•  FTSE 100 increased 115.49 points or 1.08% to 10,840.35

•  DAX 30 increased 84.01 points or 0.33% to 25,382.62

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00607 or 0.54% to 1.12173

• GBPUSD increased 0.00813 or 0.62% to 1.32746

• USDCHF decreased 0.00769 or -0.92% to 0.82725

The above data was collected around 14:00 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

  • DJIA advanced by 556.21 points (1.08%) to 52,177.69

  • S&P 500 advanced by 25.12 points (0.33%) to 7,744.06

  • NASDAQ advanced by 20.16 points (0.08%) to 26,713.026

  • Russell 2000 advanced by 37.46 points (1.37%) to 2,766.995

Canada:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 552.12 points (1.55%) to 36,136.58

  • TSX 60 advanced by 30.48 points (1.45%) to 2,138.83

Brazil:

  • Bovespa declined by 2,338.23 points (1.13%) to 204,167.75

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 2.837 USD/BBL or 2.98% to 97.927

•  Brent decreased 0.117 USD/BBL or -0.11% to 105.944

•  Natural gas increased 0.0206 USD/MMBtu or 0.64% to 3.2186

•  Gasoline decreased 0.0789 USD/GAL -2.42% to 3.1806

•  Heating oil decreased 0.0691 USD/GAL or -1.40% to 4.8583

The above data was collected around 14:03 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (2.98%), Silver (2.48%), Cheese (2.45%) and Palladium (3.28%)

•  Top commodity losers: Methanol (-8.12%), Lithium (-3.56%), Palm Oil (-2.21%) and Gasoline (-2.42%)

The above data was collected around 14:10 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.9280% (-7.43bp), US 2’s 4.76% (-0.051%), US 10’s 5.0970% (-8.9bps); US 30’s 5.43 (-0.099%), Bunds 3.4105% (-5.61bp), France 4.7920% (-9.22bp), Italy 4.4890% (-7.15bp), Turkey 32.86% (+6bp), Greece 4.2840% (-11.19bp), Portugal 3.8840% (-6.96bp); Spain 4.016% (-7.7bp) and UK Gilts 5.3734% (-2.88bp)

The above data was collected around 14:30 EST.

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