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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 1,212.67 points or 2.46% to 50,512.32

• Shanghai increased 46.633 points or 1.18% to 3,996.945

• Hang Seng increased 273.55 points or 1.05% to 26,433.70

• ASX 200 increased 36.60 points or 0.41% to 9,055.60

• SENSEX increased 566.96 points or 0.67% to 84,778.84

• Nifty50 increased 170.90 points or 0.66% to 25,966.05

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00436 or 0.67% to 0.65563

• NZDUSD increased 0.00142 or 0.25% to 0.57642

• USDJPY increased 0.266 or 0.17% to 153.082

• USDCNY decreased 0.01802 or -0.25% to 7.10786

The above data was collected around 13:48 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 106.57 USD/t oz. or -2.59% to 4,005.32

• Silver decreased 1.693 USD/t. oz. or -3.48% to 46.897

The above data was collected around 13:50 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow advanced by 337.47 points (+0.71%) to 47,544.59

• S&P 500 advanced by 83.47 points (+1.23%) to 6,875.16

• NASDAQ advanced by 432.59 points (+1.86%) to 23,637.46

• Russell 2000 advanced by 6.97 points (+0.28%) to 2,520.44

• VIX declined by 0.58 points (-3.54%) to 15.79

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite declined by 77.31 points (-0.25%) to 30,275.76

• TSX 60 declined by 1.82 points (-0.10%) to 1,787.85

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced by 818.89 points (+0.56%) to 146,991.10

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 13.55 points or 0.16% to 8,239.18

• FTSE 100 increased 8.20 points or 0.09% to 9,653.82

• DAX 30 increased 68.89 points or 0.28% to 24,308.78

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00085 or 0.07% to 1.16374

• GBPUSD increased 0.00232 or 0.17% to 1.33338

• USDCHF decreased 0.00011 or -0.01% to 0.79582

The above data was collected around 13:54 EST.

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.017 USD/BBL or 0.03% to 61.517

• Brent decreased 0.107 USD/BBL or -0.16% to 65.832

• Natural gas increased 0.1593 USD/MMBtu or 4.82% to 3.4633

• Gasoline increased 0.0096 USD/GAL or 0.50% to 1.9266

• Heating oil increased 0.0416 USD/GAL or 1.73% to 2.4447

The above data was collected around 13:57 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (1.73%), Natural Gas (4.82%), Soybeans (2.49%) and Wheat (2.35%)

• Top commodity losers: Silver (-3.48%), Coffee (-3.59%), Oat (-2.98%) and Sugar (-3.29%)

The above data was collected around 14:03 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 1.6740% (+1.5bp), US 2’s 3.51% (+0.013%), US 10’s 4.004% (-1.9bps); US 30’s 4.57 (-0.032%), Bunds 2.6174% (-1.01bp), France 3.4140% (-2bp), Italy 3.3950% (-2.21bp), Turkey 29.53% (-25bp), Greece 3.289% (-1.1bp), Portugal 3.003% (-0.5bp); Spain 3.139% (-2.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.4050% (-2.96bp)

The above data was collected around 14:06 EST.

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