Market Talk - Tuesday, Sept. 22

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 closed

• Shanghai increased 2.221 points or 0.06% to 3,952.128

• Hang Seng increased 45.04 points or 0.18% to 25,087.75

• ASX 200 increased 25.90 points or 0.30% to 8,757.80

• SENSEX decreased 205.84 points or -0.27% to 74,653.15

• Nifty50 decreased 85.30 points or -0.36% to 23,329.00

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.0008 or -0.11% to 0.71103

• NZDUSD increased 0.0008 or 0.14% to 0.57230

• USDJPY increased 0.051 or 0.03% to 157.409

• USDCNY increased 0.00592 or 0.09% to 6.69888

The above data was collected around 13:53 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 6.67 USD/t oz. or 0.15% to 4,349.69

• Silver increased 0.421 USD/t. oz. or 0.64% to 66.424

The above data was collected around 13:57 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 15.97 points or 0.20% to 8,154.91

• FTSE 100 decreased 30.68 points or -0.29% to 10,708.33

• DAX 30 increased 3.84 points or 0.02% to 25,578.85

The major Europe currency markets had a negative day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00247 or -0.22% to 1.14398

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00332 or -0.25% to 1.33334

• USDCHF decreased 0.00013 or -0.02% to 0.82102

The above data was collected around 14:07 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 185.14 points (0.36%) to 51,863.69
S&P 500 advanced by -0.06 points (UNCH) to 7,764.64
NASDAQ advanced by 122.18 points (0.45%) to 27,244.278
Russell 2000 advanced by 14.56 points (0.51%) to 2,889.919

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 326.21 points (0.91%) to 36,335.61
TSX 60 advanced by 13.93 points (0.66%) to 2,129.85

Brazil:

Bovespa advanced by 827.32 points (0.44%) to 187,422.92

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 2.564 USD/BBL or -2.78% to 89.806

• Brent decreased 1.687 USD/BBL or -1.68% to 98.653

• Natural gas increased 0.1048 USD/MMBtu or 3.70% to 2.9408

• Gasoline increased 0.0264 USD/GAL 0.76% to 3.4963

• Heating oil increased 0.0267 USD/GAL or 0.55% to 4.9162

The above data was collected around 14:12 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (3.70%), Platinum (2.16%), Orange Juice (1.65%) and Rhodium (1.67%)

• Top commodity losers: Coffee (-1.72%), Methanol (-2.72%), Crude Oil (-2.78%) and Brent (-1.68%)

The above data was collected around 14:21 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.9890% (-0.04bp), US 2’s 4.75% (-0.004%), US 10’s 4.9610% (+0.5bps); US 30’s 5.29 (+0.005%), Bunds 3.4468% (-0.68bp), France 4.5070% (+3.64bp), Italy 4.3630% (+2.76bp), Turkey 35.225% (+10.5bp), Greece 4.2110% (-0.63bp), Portugal 3.8300% (+0.87bp); Spain 3.920% (+1.1bp) and UK Gilts 5.2408% (+2.22bp)

The above data was collected around 14:25 EST.