Market Talk - Thursday, Sept. 24

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 495.04 points or 0.76% to 65,513.99

• Shanghai decreased 48.146 points or -1.22% to 3,888.374

• Hang Seng decreased 72.99 points or -0.29% to 24,761.13

• ASX 200 decreased 63.30 points or -0.72% to 8,702.00

• SENSEX decreased 1,247.71 points or -1.67% to 73,580.54

• Nifty50 decreased 383.70 points or -1.64% to 23,063.10

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00263 or -0.37% to 0.70126

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00168 or -0.30% to 0.56572

• USDJPY increased 0.536 or 0.34% to 158.862

• USDCNY increased 0.00434 or 0.06% to 6.71603

The above data was collected around 14:49 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 13.12 USD/t oz. or -0.31% to 4,274.27

• Silver decreased 0.59 USD/t. oz. or -0.92% to 63.850

The above data was collected around 14:53 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 41.98 points or -0.52% to 8,081.43

• FTSE 100 decreased 25.27 points or -0.24% to 10,679.99

• DAX 30 decreased 144.10 points or -0.57% to 25,266.53

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00078 or -0.07% to 1.13741

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00215 or -0.16% to 1.32176

• USDCHF increased 0.00292 or 0.35% to 0.82818

The above data was collected around 14:56 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 161.61 points (0.31%) to 51,349.98
S&P 500 declined by 1.9 points (0.02%) to 7,704.13
NASDAQ advanced by 3.34 points (0.01%) to 26,939.373
Russell 2000 declined by 3.09 points (0.11%) to 2,835.574

Canada:

TSX Composite declined by 44.97 points (0.13%) to 35,706.46
TSX 60 advanced by -0.03 points (UNCH) to 2,096.9

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 1,848.18 points (0.99%) to 183,965.91

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 2.253 USD/BBL or 2.45% to 94.413

• Brent increased 3.247 USD/BBL or 3.15% to 106.327

• Natural gas increased 0.2693 USD/MMBtu or 8.91% to 3.2923

• Gasoline decreased 0.028 USD/GAL -0.78% to 3.5590

• Heating oil decreased 0.1061 USD/GAL or -2.22% to 4.6703

The above data was collected around 14:59 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Brent (3.15%), Natural Gas (8.91%), Rubber (3.23%) and Bitumen (5.18%)

• Top commodity losers: Lithium (-1.52%), Cheese (-1.22%), Heating Oil (-2.22%) and Sugar (-0.90%)

The above data was collected around 15:19 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 3.0840% (+9.5bp), US 2’s 4.92% (+0.019%), US 10’s 5.1840% (+6.8bps); US 30’s 5.47 (+0.071%), Bunds 3.6037% (+5.42bp), France 4.7240% (+8.02bp), Italy 4.5023% (-1.15bp), Turkey 32.64% (+12bp), Greece 4.3921% (+8.41bp), Portugal 4.0015% (+8.42bp); Spain 4.073% (+2.96bp) and UK Gilts 5.3574% (-0.04bp)

The above data was collected around 15:22 EST.