Market Talk - Friday, Dec. 5

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 536.55 points or -1.05% to 50,491.87

• Shanghai increased 27.014 points or 0.70% to 3,902.808

• Hang Seng increased 149.18 points or 0.58% to 26,085.08

• ASX 200 increased 16.20 points or 0.19% to 8,634.60

• SENSEX increased 447.05 points or 0.52% to 85,712.37

• Nifty50 increased 152.70 points or 0.59% to 26,186.45

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00174 or 0.26% to 0.66272

• NZDUSD increased 0.00015 or 0.03% to 0.57635

• USDJPY increased 0.282 or 0.18% to 155.375

• USDCNY decreased 0.00073 or -0.01% to 7.07087

The above data was collected around 11:40 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 5.21 USD/t oz. or 0.12% to 4,213.37

• Silver increased 1.116 USD/t. oz. or 1.95% to 58.216

The above data was collected around 11:41 EST.


EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 7.29 points or -0.09% to 8,114.74

• FTSE 100 decreased 43.86 points or -0.45% to 9,667.01

• DAX 30 increased 146.11 points or 0.61% to 24,028.14

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00116 or -0.10% to 1.16329

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00069 or -0.05% to 1.33203

• USDCHF increased 0.00117 or 0.15% to 0.80511

The above data was collected around 11:43 EST.


US/AMERICAS:

  • DJIA advanced by 104.05 points (0.22%) to 47,954.99

  • S&P 500 advanced by 13.28 points (0.19%) to 6,870.40

  • NASDAQ advanced by 72.99 points (0.31%) to 23,578.128

  • Russell 2000 declined by 9.68 points (-0.38%) to 2,521.484

Canada Market Closings:

  • TSX Composite declined by 166.16 points (-0.53%) to 31,311.41

  • TSX 60 declined by 9.22 points (-0.50%) to 1,841.24

Brazil Market Closing:

  • Bovespa declined by 7,086.25 points (-4.31%) to 157,369.36


ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.288 USD/BBL or 0.48% to 59.958

• Brent increased 0.337 USD/BBL or 0.53% to 63.597

• Natural gas increased 0.3608 USD/MMBtu or 7.13% to 5.4238

• Gasoline decreased 0.0001 USD/GAL or -0.01% to 1.8299

• Heating oil increased 0.0502 USD/GAL or 2.18% to 2.3539

The above data was collected around 11:45 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (7.13%), Heating Oil (2.18%), Cocoa (2.04%) and Silver (1.95%)

• Top commodity losers: Coffee (-1.29%), Orange Juice (-3.73%), Butter (-1.54%) and Methanol (-2.08%)

The above data was collected around 11:52 EST.


BONDS:

Japan 1.9520% (+1.11bp), US 2’s 3.56% (+0.031%), US 10’s 4.1350% (+3.3bps); US 30’s 4.79 (+0.037%), Bunds 2.7990% (+2.84bp), France 3.5290% (+0.63bp), Italy 3.4910% (+1.83bp), Turkey 31.025% (+228.5bp), Greece 3.412% (+2.2bp), Portugal 3.122% (-1.4bp); Spain 3.264% (+0.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.481% (+4.01bp)

The above data was collected around 11:56 EST.


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