Market Talk – Tuesday, March 24

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 736.79 points or 1.43% to 52,252.28

• Shanghai increased 67.997 points or 1.78% to 3,881.28

• Hang Seng increased 681.24 points or 2.79% to 25,063.71

• ASX 200 increased 13.50 points or 0.16% to 8,379.40

• SENSEX increased 1,372.06 points or 1.89% to 74,068.45

• Nifty50 increased 399.75 points or 1.78% to 22,912.40

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00477 or -0.68% to 0.69630

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00437 or -0.75% to 0.58153

• USDJPY increased 0.442 or 0.28% to 158.882

• USDCNY increased 0.0127 or 0.18% to 6.89745

The above data was collected around 12:42 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 15.32 USD/t oz. or 0.35% to 4,423.47

• Silver increased 0.692 USD/t. oz. or 1.00% to 69.823

The above data was collected around 12:44 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 17.72 points or 0.23% to 7,743.92

• FTSE 100 increased 71.01 points or 0.72% to 9,965.16

• DAX 30 decreased 16.95 points or -0.07% to 22,636.91

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00278 or -0.24% to 1.15854

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00459 or -0.34% to 1.33868

• USDCHF increased 0.00444 or 0.56% to 0.79078

The above data was collected around 12:46 EST.

Americas:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 84.41 points (-0.18%) to 46,124.06
S&P 500 declined by 24.63 points (-0.37%) to 6,556.37
NASDAQ declined by 184.87 points (-0.84%) to 21,761.894
Russell 2000 advanced by 11.65 points (0.47%) to 2,505.875

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 51.14 points (0.16%) to 31,934.95
TSX 60 advanced by 1.15 points (0.06%) to 1,863.77

Brazil:

Bovespa advanced by 629.39 points (0.35%) to 182,561.32

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 4.378 USD/BBL or 4.97% to 92.508

• Brent increased 4.205 USD/BBL or 4.21% to 104.145

• Natural gas increased 0.0326 USD/MMBtu or 1.13% to 2.9236

• Gasoline increased 0.1452 USD/GAL 4.88% to 3.1201

• Heating oil increased 0.2539 USD/GAL or 6.26% to 4.3099

The above data was collected around 12:50 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (6.26%), Gasoline (4.88%), Orange Juice (6.18%) and Crude Oil (4.97%)

• Top commodity losers: Methanol (-7.21%), Lumber (-1.83%), Oat (-1.82%) and Nickel (-1.47%)

The above data was collected around 12:57 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2710% (-5.15bp), US 2’s 3.92% (+0.059%), US 10’s 4.3900% (+3.9bps); US 30’s 4.95 (+0.022%), Bunds 3.0336% (+1.5bp), France 3.7590% (+4.62bp), Italy 3.9560% (+4.55bp), Turkey 34.475% (-25.5bp), Greece 3.873% (+5.9bp), Portugal 3.527% (+4.8bp); Spain 3.563% (+6.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.9130% (+5.64bp)

The above data was collected around 13:00 EST.