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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 259.21 points or 0.68% to 38,211.01

• Shanghai decreased 7.81 points or -0.27% to 2,848.77

• Hang Seng increased 249.99 points or 1.44% to 17,641.00

• ASX 200 increased 16.50 points or 0.21% to 8,027.00

• KOSPI increased 6.54 points or 0.24% to 2,707.67

• SENSEX increased 147.89 points or 0.18% to 81,053.19

• Nifty50 increased 41.30 points or 0.17% to 24,811.50

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00408 or -0.60% to 0.67085

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00210 or -0.34% to 0.61410

• USDJPY increased 1.082 or 0.75% to 146.205

• USDCNY increased 0.01559 or 0.22% to 7.14592

The above data was collected around 15:14 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 30.58 USD/t oz. or -1.22% to 2,482.16

•  Silver decreased 0.649 USD/t. oz. or -2.19% to 28.954

The above data was collected around 15:16 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 0.61 points or -0.01% to 7,524.11

•  FTSE 100 increased 4.57 points or 0.06% to 8,288.00

•  DAX 30 increased 44.44 points or 0.24% to 18,493.39

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00441 or -0.40% to 1.11108

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00019 or -0.01% to 1.30905

• USDCHF increased 0.00071 or 0.08% to 0.85185

The above data was collected around 15:20 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow declined 177.71 points or -0.43% to 40,712.78
• S&P 500 declined 50.21 points or -0.89% to 5,570.64
• Nasdaq declined 299.63 points or 1.67% to 17,619.35
• Russell 2000 declined 20.53 points or -0.95% to 2,150.03

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite declined 84.26 points or -0.36% to 23,037.47
• TSX 60 declined 4.08 points or -0.29% to 1,380.44

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa declined 1,493 points or -1.09% to 134,970.65

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 0.919 USD/BBL or 1.28% to 72.849

•  Brent increased 0.942 USD/BBL or 1.24% to 76.992

•  Natural gas decreased 0.1213 USD/MMBtu or -5.57% to 2.0557

•  Gasoline increased 0.0378 USD/GAL or 1.72% to 2.2364

•  Heating oil increased 0.0155 USD/GAL or 0.69% to 2.2636

The above data was collected around 15:23 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Lumber (2.07%), Orange Juice (4.28%), Oat (5.05%) and Lean Hogs (4.40%)

•  Top commodity losers: Cheese (-7.46%), Corn (-6.81%), Steel (-3.46%) and Natural Gas (-5.57%)

The above data was collected around 15:29 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 0.8800% (+1.37bp), US 2’s 4.02% (+0.073%), US 10’s 3.8610% (+5.6bps); US 30’s 4.13% (+0.053%), Bunds 2.2525% (+5.15bp), France 2.950% (+4.2bp), Italy 3.6220% (+5.7bp), Turkey 28.500% (-22.5bp), Greece 3.281% (-0.1bp), Portugal 2.841% (+4.1bp); Spain 3.045% (+3.6bp) and UK Gilts 3.9620% (+6.85bp)

The above data was collected around 15:32 EST.

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