Market Talk - Wednesday, Sep. 16

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 438.90 points or 0.69% to 63,923.00

• Shanghai increased 27.321 points or 0.71% to 3,891.601

• Hang Seng increased 46.54 points or 0.19% to 24,713.78

• ASX 200 increased 24.00 points or 0.28% to 8,696.50

• SENSEX increased 332.63 points or 0.45% to 74,336.45

• Nifty50 increased 99.00 points or 0.43% to 23,217.60

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.0003 or -0.04% to 0.71287

• NZDUSD decreased 0.0001 or -0.02% to 0.57560

• USDJPY increased 0.058 or 0.04% to 155.154

• USDCNY decreased 0.00614 or -0.09% to 6.70593

The above data was collected around 13:22 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 51.78 USD/t oz. or 1.21% to 4,344.08

•  Silver increased 0.776 USD/t. oz. or 1.22% to 64.421

The above data was collected around 13:24 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

•  CAC 40 increased 50.31 points or 0.62% to 8,140.59

•  FTSE 100 increased 30.34 points or 0.28% to 10,688.47

•  DAX 30 increased 135.47 points or 0.53% to 25,537.75

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00111 or -0.10% to 1.15325

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00361 or -0.27% to 1.34419

• USDCHF increased 0.00021 or 0.03% to 0.81891

The above data was collected around 13:30 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

• DJIA declined by 631.21 points (1.21%) to 51,461.9

• S&P 500 declined by 33.92 points (0.45%) to 7,551.81

• NASDAQ declined by 3.15 points (0.01%) to 25,978.425

• Russell 2000 declined by 11.47 points (0.4%) to 2,858.811

Canada:

• TSX Composite declined by 90.8 points (0.26%) to 35,491.27

• TSX 60 declined by 3.61 points (0.17%) to 2,090.95

Brazil:

• Bovespa declined by 954.98 points (0.51%) to 185,547.66

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a negative day today:

•  Crude Oil decreased 3.406 USD/BBL or -3.22% to 102.424

•  Brent decreased 3.072 USD/BBL or -2.83% to 105.678

•  Natural gas decreased 0.0295 USD/MMBtu or -1.01% to 2.8895

•  Gasoline decreased 0.0138 USD/GAL -0.40% to 3.4514

•  Heating oil decreased 0.0231 USD/GAL or -0.44% to 5.2389

The above data was collected around 13:32 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Silver (1.22%), Gold (1.21%), Oat (3.16%) and Nickel (1.29%)

•  Top commodity losers: Lithium (-2.69%), Orange Juice (-4.79%), Crude Oil (-3.22%) and Brent (-2.83%)

The above data was collected around 13:37 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 3.0000% (-4.19bp), US 2’s 4.62% (-0.054%), US 10’s 4.9550% (-5.1bps); US 30’s 5.33 (-0.036%), Bunds 3.5077% (-2.66bp), France 4.4750% (-2.95bp), Italy 4.3770% (-3.5bp), Turkey 32.24% (+17bp), Greece 4.2660% (-2.27bp), Portugal 3.8820% (-2.82bp); Spain 3.971% (-3.9bp) and UK Gilts 5.3042% (-8.17bp)

The above data was collected around 13:40 EST.