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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 264.29 points or 0.65% to 41,059.15

• Shanghai increased 5.67 points or 0.16% to 3,639.67

• Hang Seng increased 171.00 points or 0.69% to 25,081.63

• ASX 200 decreased 12.30 points or -0.14% to 8,831.40

• SENSEX increased 79.27 points or 0.10% to 80,623.26

• Nifty50 increased 21.95 points or 0.09% to 24,596.15

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00075 or 0.12% to 0.65070

• NZDUSD increased 0.00226 or 0.38% to 0.59500

• USDJPY decreased 0.011 or -0.01% to 147.187

• USDCNY decreased 0.00009 or 0.00% to 7.18318

The above data was collected around 15:36 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 28.96 USD/t oz. or 0.86% to 3,397.99

• Silver increased 0.362 USD/t. oz. or 0.96% to 38.202

The above data was collected around 15:40 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 74.29 points or 0.97% to 7,709.32

• FTSE 100 decreased 63.54 points or -0.69% to 9,100.77

• DAX 30 increased 268.14 points or 1.12 to 24,192.50

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00117 or -0.10% to 1.16513

• GBPUSD increased 0.00786 or 0.59% to 1.34361

• USDCHF increased 0.0006 or 0.07% to 0.80661

The above data was collected around 15:50 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow declined by 224.48 points (0.51%) to 43,968.64

• S&P 500 declined by 5.06 points (0.08%) to 6,340.00

• NASDAQ advanced by 73.27 points (0.35%) to 21,242.70

• Russell 2000 declined by 6.57 points (0.30%) to 2,214.72

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite declined by 159.60 points (0.57%) to 27,761.27

• TSX 60 declined by 13.66 points (0.82%) to 1,650.12

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced by 1,989.99 points (1.48%) to 136,527.61

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a negative day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.661 USD/BBL or -1.03% to 63.689

• Brent decreased 0.591 USD/BBL or -0.88% to 66.299

• Natural gas decreased 0.0041 USD/MMBtu or -0.13% to 3.0729

• Gasoline decreased 0.0179 USD/GAL or -0.86% to 2.0703

• Heating oil decreased 0.0053 USD/GAL or -0.23% to 2.2575

The above data was collected around 15:54 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Wheat (1.92%), Rice (1.40%), Cocoa (1.86%) and Palladium (1.40%)

• Top commodity losers: Bitumen (-0.99%), Orange Juice (-3.37%), Lumber (-2.47%) and Crude Oil (-1.03%)

The above data was collected around 16:23 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 1.4860% (-1.53bp), US 2’s 3.73% (+0.008%), US 10’s 4.2450% (+1.3bps); US 30’s 4.82(-0.001%), Bunds 2.6313% (-1.19bp), France 3.2996% (-1.73bp), Italy 3.4520% (-2.6bp), Turkey 29.160% (+2bp), Greece 3.325% (+0.9bp), Portugal 3.048% (-1.3bp); Spain 3.208% (-2bp) and UK Gilts 4.5500% (+1.71bp)

The above data was collected around 16:26 EST.

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