ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 669.61 points or -2.46% to 26,568.03
• Shanghai decreased 33.35 points or -1.07% to 3,073.77
• Hang Seng decreased 258.01 points or -1.33% to 19,094.80
• ASX 200 decreased 109.60 points or -1.54% to 7,024.30
• Kospi decreased 18.88 points or -0.80% to 2,333.29
• SENSEX decreased 103.90 points or -0.17% to 61,702.29
• Nifty50 decreased 35.15 points or -0.19% to 18,385.30

The major Asian currency markets had a negative day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00349 or -0.52% to 0.66641
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00345 or -0.54% to 0.63305
• USDJPY decreased 5.686 or -4.15% to 131.194
• USDCNY decreased 0.02477 or -0.35% to 6.96123

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 30.57 USD/t oz. or 1.71% to 1,818.01
• Silver increased 1.065 USD/t. oz or 4.64% to 24.010

Some economic news from last night:

China:

PBoC Loan Prime Rate remain the same at 3.65%

Japan:

BoJ Interest Rate Decision remain the same at -0.10%

New Zealand:

ANZ Business Confidence (Dec) decreased from -57.1 to -70.2

Some economic news from today:

Hong Kong:

CPI (YoY) (Nov) remain the same at 1.80%

New Zealand:

GlobalDairyTrade Price Index decreased from 0.6% to -3.8%

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day:

• CAC 40 decreased 22.86 points or -0.35% to 6,450.43
• FTSE 100 increased 9.31 points or 0.13% to 7,370.62
• DAX 30 decreased 58.21 points or -0.42% to 13,884.66

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00264 or 0.25% to 1.06314
• GBPUSD increased 0.00022 or 0.02% to 1.21482
• USDCHF decreased 0.00244 or -0.26% to 0.92596

Some economic news from Europe today:

Germany:

German PPI (MoM) (Nov) increased from -4.2% to -3.9%

Euro Zone:

Current Account (Oct) increased from -8.1B to -0.4B

Current Account n.s.a. (Oct) decreased from 3.8B to -4.4B

Consumer Confidence (Dec) increased from -23.9 to -22.2

US/AMERICAS:

Wells Fargo settled has agreed to pay fines imposed by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for mishandling customers in regards to auto loans, mortgages, and overdraft fees. The bank must pay a civil penalty fee of $1.7 billion in addition to reimbursing $2 billion across 16 million accounts. The expenses will amount to an operating loss of $3.5 billion in Q4.

Rental prices across the US remain elevated, with prices declining ever so slightly in November. Prices rose for the tenth consecutive month, but November’s gain marked the slowest gain in 19 months. Rentals are still up 3.4% compared to November 2021. The median rental price in America fell by just $22 and now stands at $1,712.

US Market Closings:

• Dow advanced 92.2 points or 0.28% to 32,849.74
• S&P 500 advanced 3.96 points or 0.1% to 3,821.62
• Nasdaq advanced 1.08 points or 0.01% to 10,547.11
• Russell 2000 advanced 9.44 points or 0.54% to 1,748.02

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced 106.13 points or 0.55% to 19,306.89
• TSX 60 advanced 6.65% to 0.57% to 1,167.08

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced 2,124.36 points or 2.03% to 106,864.11

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.208 USD/BBL or -0.28% to 75.172
• Brent decreased 0.852 USD/BBL or -1.07% to 78.948
• Natural gas decreased 0.5403 USD/MMBtu or -9.23% to 5.3107
• Gasoline increased 0.001 USD/GAL or 0.05% to 2.1786
• Heating oil decreased 0.0352 USD/GAL or -1.15% to 3.0183

The above data was collected around 12:08 EST on Tuesday

• Top commodity gainers: Silver (4.64%), Platinum (2.87%), Rice (3.45%) and Palladium (3.71%)
• Top commodity losers: Rubber (-2.37%), Palm Oil (-1.53%), Lean Hogs (-1.61%) and Natural Gas (-9.23%)

The above data was collected around 12:20 EST Tuesday.

BONDS:

Japan 0.421%(+16.5bp), US 2’s 4.28% (+0.023%), US 10’s 3.6881% (+10.51bps); US 30’s 3.74% (+0.117%), Bunds 2.298% (+10.1bp), France 2.83% (+10.8bp), Italy 4.468% (+9.4bp), Turkey 10.17% (-15bp), Greece 4.438% (+9.9bp), Portugal 3.353% (+12.6bp); Spain 3.408% (+11.4bp) and UK Gilts 3.598% (+9.9bp).

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