ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 49.65 points or -0.13% to 38,179.46
• Shanghai decreased 6.53 points or -0.21% to 3,148.02
• Hang Seng increased 151.38 points or 0.80% to 19,115.06
• ASX 200 increased 1.00 points or 0.01% to 7,750.00
• Kospi decreased 0.42 points or -0.02% to 2,727.21
• SENSEX increased 111.66 points or 0.15% to 72,776.13
• Nifty50 increased 48.85 points or 0.22% to 22,104.05

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00015 or 0.02% to 0.66042
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00046 or -0.08% to 0.60145
• USDJPY increased 0.465 or 0.30% to 156.217
• USDCNY increased 0.00623 or 0.09% to 7.23995

The above data was collected around 13:20 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 23.62 USD/t oz. or -1.00% to 2,336.13
• Silver increased 0.067 USD/t. oz. or 0.24% to 28.229

The above data was collected around 13:22 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow declined 81.33 points or -0.21% to 39,431.51
• S&P 500 declined 1.26 points or -0.02% to 5,221.42
• Nasdaq advanced 47.37 points or 0.29% to 16,388.24
• Russell 2000 advanced 2.35 points or 0.11% to 2,062.12

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite declined 49.76 points or -0.22% to 22,259.17
• TSX 60 declined 3.1 points or -0.23% to 1,333.43

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced 661.4 points or 0.52% to 128,260.97

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 9.86 points or -0.12% to 8,209.28
• FTSE 100 decreased 18.77 points or -0.22% to 8,414.99
• DAX 30 decreased 30.63 points or -0.16% to 18,742.22

The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00197 or 0.18% to 1.07907
• GBPUSD increased 0.00325 or 0.26% to 1.25574
• USDCHF increased 0.00183 or 0.20% to 0.90808

The above data was collected around 13:28 EST.

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.599 USD/BBL or 0.77% to 78.859
• Brent increased 0.36 USD/BBL or 0.43% to 83.150
• Natural gas increased 0.0982 USD/MMBtu or 4.36% to 2.3502
• Gasoline increased 0.0018 USD/GAL or 0.07% to 2.5041
• Heating oil increased 0.0006 USD/GAL or 0.02% to 2.4330

The above data was collected around 13:32 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (4.36%), Copper (2.04%), Oat (5.24%) and Wheat (3.71%)
• Top commodity losers: Cocoa (-11.29%), Sugar (-3.31%), Cheese (-8.98%) and Potatoes (-25.87%)

The above data was collected around 13:40 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 0.941% (+3.16bp), US 2’s 4.86% (-0.015%) , US 10’s 4.477% (-1.54bps); US 30’s 4.62% (-0.027%), Bunds 2.501% (-1.05bp), France 3.015% (-0.5bp), Italy 3.853% (-1bp), Turkey 27.515% (+192.5bp), Greece 3.515% (-1.7bp), Portugal 3.131% (-1bp); Spain 3.287% (-1.8bp) and UK Gilts 4.222% (+4.86bp).

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