Market Talk - Tuesday, Sept. 29

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 396.35 points or -0.60% to 65,481.27

• Shanghai increased 6.831 points or 0.18% to 3,830.451

• Hang Seng decreased 118.94 points or -0.48% to 24,523.57

• ASX 200 increased 29.60 points or 0.34% to 8,709.30

• SENSEX decreased 242.65 points or -0.33% to 72,529.07

• Nifty50 decreased 64.05 points or -0.28% to 22,716.20

The major Asian currency markets had a negative day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00357 or -0.51% to 0.69825

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00283 or -0.50% to 0.56397

• USDJPY decreased 0.148 or -0.09% to 157.255

• USDCNY decreased 0.00432 or -0.06% to 6.70846

The above data was collected around 14:27 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 50.67 USD/t oz. or 1.23% to 4,165.65

• Silver increased 0.513 USD/t. oz. or 0.85% to 61.140

The above data was collected around 14:29 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 42.61 points or -0.53% to 8,035.87

• FTSE 100 decreased 48.17 points or -0.45% to 10,636.71

• DAX 30 increased 24.79 points or 0.10% to 25,399.21

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00355 or -0.31% to 1.13354

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00299 or -0.23% to 1.32246

• USDCHF increased 0.00189 or 0.23% to 0.83397

The above data was collected around 14:34 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 131.59 points (0.26%) to 51,349.92
S&P 500 declined by 12.85 points (0.17%) to 7,670.84
NASDAQ declined by 22.84 points (0.09%) to 26,797.541
Russell 2000 declined by 9.99 points (0.35%) to 2,807.922

Canada:

TSX Composite declined by 29.59 points (0.08%) to 35,460.27
TSX 60 declined by 2.17 points (0.1%) to 2,086.19

Brazil:

Bovespa advanced by 831.89 points (0.45%) to 183,823.02

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 3.015 USD/BBL or -3.26% to 89.585

• Brent decreased 2.465 USD/BBL or -2.34% to 102.815

• Natural gas decreased 0.0884 USD/MMBtu or -2.85% to 3.0176

• Gasoline decreased 0.0602 USD/GAL -1.80% to 3.2775

• Heating oil increased 0.1498 USD/GAL or 3.15% to 4.9051

The above data was collected around 14:41 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (3.15%), Orange Juice (3.02%), Canola (1.68%) and Sugar (1.51%)

• Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-2.85%), Cotton (-4.83%), Cocoa (-4.20%) and Crude Oil (-3.26%)

The above data was collected around 14:46 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 3.0900% (-1.03bp), US 2’s 4.90% (-0.038%), US 10’s 5.2640% (+2bps); US 30’s 5.60 (+0.044%), Bunds 3.6105% (-3.29bp), France 4.8100% (+3.4bp), Italy 4.6100% (-0.22bp), Turkey 35.67% (+290bp), Greece 4.4550% (+1.2bp), Portugal 4.0380% (-0.76bp); Spain 4.152% (+2.6bp) and UK Gilts 5.4142% (+1.36bp)

The above data was collected around 14:49 EST.