Market Talk - Tuesday, October 13

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,253.40 points or -1.82% to 67,777.52

• Shanghai increased 3.622 points or 0.10% to 3,800.864

• Hang Seng increased 74.02 points or 0.30% to 24,345.22

• ASX 200 increased 0.70 points or 0.01% to 8,783.90

• SENSEX increased 1,109.10 points or 1.54% to 73,033.78

• Nifty50 increased 358.60 points or 1.60% to 22,721.95

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00205 or 0.29% to 0.69798

• NZDUSD increased 0.00253 or 0.45% to 0.56133

• USDJPY decreased 0.237 or -0.15% to 158.371

• USDCNY decreased 0.00159 or -0.02% to 6.69320

The above data was collected around 13:38 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 15.45 USD/t oz. or -0.37% to 4,156.43

• Silver decreased 1.006 USD/t. oz. or -1.67% to 59.293

The above data was collected around 13:43 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 5.25 points or -0.07% to 7,827.63

• FTSE 100 decreased 5.95 points or -0.06% to 10,650.33

• DAX 30 decreased 17.78 points or -0.07% to 25,259.90

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00372 or 0.33% to 1.11925

• GBPUSD increased 0.00394 or 0.30% to 1.32476

• USDCHF decreased 0.00165 or -0.20% to 0.83304

The above data was collected around 13:50 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 180.45 points (0.35%) to 51,670.1
S&P 500 declined by 1.79 points (0.02%) to 7,805.45
NASDAQ declined by 41.52 points (0.15%) to 27,204.38
Russell 2000 declined by 11.1 points (0.4%) to 2,783.385

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 319.36 points (0.9%) to 35,983.98
TSX 60 advanced by 26.64 points (1.27%) to 2,125.94

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 2,262.67 points (1.08%) to 206,804.23

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.318 USD/BBL or 0.34% to 94.058

• Brent decreased 0.966 USD/BBL or -0.91% to 105.684

• Natural gas increased 0.1194 USD/MMBtu or 3.77% to 3.2864

• Gasoline decreased 0.045 USD/GAL -1.37% to 3.2467

• Heating oil increased 0.2168 USD/GAL or 4.59% to 4.9400

The above data was collected around 13:52 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (4.59%), Natural Gas (3.77%), Cheese (2.88%) and Bitumen (2.38%)

• Top commodity losers: Methanol (-8.03%), Orange Juice (-6.56%), Lithium (-3.25%) and Palladium (-2.01%)

The above data was collected around 13:57 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 3.0030% (-1.3bp), US 2’s 4.82% (+0.012%), US 10’s 5.2250% (-1bps); US 30’s 5.57 (-0.025%), Bunds 3.4611% (-1.41bp), France 4.8360% (-6.9bp), Italy 4.5630% (-2.47bp), Turkey 35.53% (+3.5bp), Greece 4.3610% (-4.45bp), Portugal 3.9460% (-2.87bp); Spain 4.089% (-1.3bp) and UK Gilts 5.4520% (+1.31bp)

The above data was collected around 14:01 EST.