Market Talk – Tuesday, March 10

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 1,519.67 points or 2.88% to 54,248.39

• Shanghai increased 26.536 points or 0.65% to 4,123.138

• Hang Seng increased 551.44 points or 2.17% to 25,959.90

• ASX 200 increased 93.60 points or 1.09% to 8,692.60

• SENSEX increased 639.82 points or 0.82% to 78,205.98

• Nifty50 increased 233.55 points or 0.97% to 24,261.60

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00637 or 0.90% to 0.71392

• NZDUSD increased 0.00084 or 0.14% to 0.59414

• USDJPY increased 0.196 or 0.12% to 157.862

• USDCNY decreased 0.01561 or -0.23% to 6.87379

The above data was collected around 14:39 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 55.68 USD/t oz. or 1.08% to 5,195.24

• Silver increased 1.032 USD/t. oz. or 1.19% to 88.046

The above data was collected around 14:42 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 142.00 points or 1.79% to 8,057.36

• FTSE 100 increased 162.72 points or 1.59% to 10,412.24

• DAX 30 increased 559.26 points or 2.39% to 23,968.63

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00053 or -0.05% to 1.16304

• GBPUSD increased 0.00026 or 0.02% to 1.34365

• USDCHF increased 0.00026 or 0.03% to 0.77777

The above data was collected around 14:47 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

• Dow declined by 34.29 points (-0.07%) to 47,706.51

• S&P 500 declined by 14.51 points (-0.21%) to 6,781.48

• NASDAQ advanced by 1.16 points (+0.01%) to 22,697.104

• Russell 2000 declined by 5.59 points (-0.22%) to 2,548.078

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced by 81.33 points (+0.25%) to 33,270.65

• TSX 60 advanced by 2.60 points (+0.14%) to 1,924.52

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced by 2,531.64 points (+1.40%) to 183,447.00

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a negative day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 10.539 USD/BBL or -11.12% to 84.231

• Brent decreased 10.232 USD/BBL or -10.34% to 88.728

• Natural gas decreased 0.0822 USD/MMBtu or -2.63% to 3.0378

• Gasoline decreased 0.1499 USD/GAL or -5.34% to 2.6585

• Heating oil decreased 0.2141 USD/GAL or -5.97% to 3.3725

The above data was collected around 14:53 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (5.35%), Cocoa (4.11%), Lithium (2.42%) and HRC Steel (1.74%)

• Top commodity losers: Methanol (-6.61%), Crude Oil (-11.12%), Brent (-10.34%) and Heating Oil (-5.97%)

The above data was collected around 15:00 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1860% (-0.03bp), US 2’s 3.58% (+0.032%), US 10’s 4.1440% (+4.4bps); US 30’s 4.78 (+0.060%), Bunds 2.8629% (-0.2bp), France 3.4630% (-4.39bp), Italy 3.5296% (-8.62bp), Turkey 31.490% (-94.5bp), Greece 3.530% (-13.5bp), Portugal 3.244% (-6.4bp); Spain 3.313% (-1.4bp) and UK Gilts 4.4980% (-8.82bp)

The above data was collected around 15:03 EST.