Market Talk - Thursday, Oct. 30

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 17.96 points or 0.04% to 51,325.61

• Shanghai decreased 29.43 points or -0.73% to 3,986.901

• Hang Seng decreased 63.45 points or -0.24% to 26,282.69

• ASX 200 decreased 40.70 points or -0.46% to 8,885.50

• SENSEX decreased 592.67 points or -0.70% to 84,404.46

• Nifty50 decreased 176.05 points or -0.68% to 25,877.85

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00241 or -0.37% to 0.65504

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00310 or -0.54% to 0.57457

• USDJPY increased 1.399 or 0.92% to 154.130

• USDCNY increased 0.01539 or 0.22% to 7.11280

The above data was collected around 14:08 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 75.96 USD/t oz. or 1.93% to 4,007.16

• Silver increased 1.216 USD/t. oz. or 2.56% to 48.776

The above data was collected around 14:13 EST.


EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 43.59 points or -0.53% to 8,157.29

• FTSE 100 increased 3.92 points or 0.04% to 9,760.06

• DAX 30 decreased 5.32 points or -0.02% to 24,118.89

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.0036 or -0.31% to 1.15651

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00454 or -0.34% to 1.31491

• USDCHF increased 0.00256 or 0.32% to 0.80265

The above data was collected around 14:21 EST.


US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

  • Dow declined by 109.88 points (-0.23%) to 47,522.12

  • S&P 500 declined by 68.25 points (-0.99%) to 6,822.34

  • NASDAQ declined by 377.33 points (-1.58%) to 23,581.14

  • Russell 2000 declined by 18.95 points (-0.76%) to 2,465.86

  • VIX was essentially unchanged at 16.91 (-0.06%)

Canada Market Closings:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 21.33 points (+0.07%) to 30,166.11

  • TSX 60 advanced by 0.81 points (+0.05%) to 1,776.35

Brazil Market Closing:

  • Bovespa advanced by 204.05 points (+0.14%) to 148,836.98


ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.101 USD/BBL or 0.17% to 60.581

• Brent increased 0.084 USD/BBL or 0.13% to 65.004

• Natural gas increased 0.1349 USD/MMBtu or 3.54% to 3.9499

• Gasoline increased 0.0287 USD/GAL or 1.45% to 2.0021

• Heating oil increased 0.0303 USD/GAL or 1.25% to 2.4546

The above data was collected around 14:24 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Silver (2.56%), Natural Gas (3.54%), Ethanol (3.33%) and Palladium (3.72%)

• Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-3.85%), Oat (-2.11%), Lumber (-1.90%) and Methanol (-2.71%)

The above data was collected around 14:30 EST.


BONDS:

Japan 1.6470% (-0.72bp), US 2’s 3.61% (+0.010%), US 10’s 4.0930% (+1.7bps); US 30’s 4.65 (+0.024%), Bunds 2.6357% (+1.71bp), France 3.4180% (+1.65bp), Italy 3.3980% (+1.72bp), Turkey 31.685% (+224.5bp), Greece 3.286% (+1.1bp), Portugal 3.019% (+2.9bp); Spain 3.146% (+1.5bp) and UK Gilts 4.4320% (+3.78bp)

The above data was collected around 14:34 EST.


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