Market Talk - Wednesday, Feb. 11

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 closed

• Shanghai increased 3.612 points or 0.09% to 4,131.985

• Hang Seng increased 83.23 points or 0.31% to 27,266.38

• ASX 200 increased 147.40 points or 1.66% to 9,014.80

• SENSEX decreased 40.28 points or -0.05% to 84,233.64

• Nifty50 increased 18.70 points or 0.07% to 25,953.85

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00594 or 0.84% to 0.71350

• NZDUSD increased 0.00177 or 0.29% to 0.60607

• USDJPY decreased 1.776 or -1.15% to 152.620

• USDCNY decreased 0.00608 or -0.09% to 6.90613

The above data was collected around 13:58 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 63.92 USD/t oz. or 1.27% to 5,087.82

• Silver increased 3.412 USD/t. oz. or 4.22% to 84.190

The above data was collected around 14:03 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 14.64 points or -0.18% to 8,313.24

• FTSE 100 increased 118.27 points or 1.14% to 10,472.11

• DAX 30 decreased 131.70 points or -0.53% to 24,856.15

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00165 or -0.14% to 1.18787

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00051 or -0.04% to 1.36377

• USDCHF increased 0.0028 or 0.36% to 0.77063

The above data was collected around 14:08 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

• DJIA declined by 66.74 points (-0.13%) to 50,121.40

• S&P 500 declined by 0.34 points (UNCH) to 6,941.47

• NASDAQ declined by 36.01 points (-0.16%) to 23,066.467

• Russell 2000 declined by 10.30 points (-0.38%) to 2,669.466

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite declined by 2.64 points (-0.01%) to 33,254.19

• TSX 60 declined by 4.78 points (-0.25%) to 1,922.27

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced by 4,129.64 points (2.22%) to 190,058.97

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.754 USD/BBL or 1.18% to 64.715

• Brent increased 0.728 USD/BBL or 1.06% to 69.528

• Natural gas increased 0.0484 USD/MMBtu or 1.55% to 3.1634

• Gasoline increased 0.0179 USD/GAL or 0.91% to 1.9831

• Heating oil increased 0.0448 USD/GAL or 1.87% to 2.4436

The above data was collected around 14:09 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (1.87%), Orange Juice (5.69%), Nickel (2.56%) and Silver (4.22%)

• Top commodity losers: Lumber (-1.00%), Cocoa (-1.10%), Sugar (-1.80%) and Methanol (-6.94%)

The above data was collected around 14:15 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2370% (-0.01bp), US 2’s 3.52% (+0.054%), US 10’s 4.177% (+2.9bps); US 30’s 4.81 (+0.011%), Bunds 2.8004% (-0.36bp), France 3.3804% (-2.42bp), Italy 3.4186% (+0.14bp), Turkey 30.215% (+214.5bp), Greece 3.419% (-0.2bp), Portugal 3.165% (+0.2bp); Spain 3.165% (-1.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.481% (-3.75bp)

The above data was collected around 14:18 EST.

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