Market Talk - Tuesday, Dec. 16

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 784.82 points or -1.56% to 49,383.29

• Shanghai decreased 43.109 points or -1.11% to 3,824.812

• Hang Seng decreased 393.47 points or -1.54% to 25,235.41

• ASX 200 decreased 36.10 points or -0.42% to 8,598.90

• SENSEX decreased 533.50 points or -0.63% to 84,679.86

• Nifty50 decreased 167.20 points or -0.64% to 25,860.10

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00083 or -0.12% to 0.66334

• NZDUSD increased 0.001 or 0.17% to 0.57900

• USDJPY decreased 0.387 or -0.25% to 154.832

• USDCNY decreased 0.00818 or -0.12% to 7.03518

The above data was collected around 11:56 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 6.31 USD/t oz. or -0.15% to 4,300.19

• Silver decreased 0.664 USD/t. oz. or -1.04% to 63.383

The above data was collected around 11:58 EST.


EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 18.72 points or -0.23% to 8,106.16

• FTSE 100 decreased 66.52 points or -0.68% to 9,684.79

• DAX 30 decreased 153.04 points or -0.63% to 24,076.87

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00166 or 0.14% to 1.17693

• GBPUSD increased 0.00536 or 0.40% to 1.34290

• USDCHF decreased 0.00132 or -0.17% to 0.79495

The above data was collected around 12:00 EST.


NORTH AMERICA:

US/AMERICAS:

  • DJIA declined by 302.30 points (-0.62%) to 48,114.26

  • S&P 500 declined by 16.25 points (-0.24%) to 6,800.26

  • NASDAQ advanced by 54.05 points (0.23%) to 23,111.462

  • Russell 2000 declined by 11.36 points (-0.45%) to 2,519.305

Canada Market Closings:

  • TSX Composite declined by 219.51 points (-0.70%) to 31,263.93

  • TSX 60 declined by 13.94 points (-0.75%) to 1,834.06

Brazil Market Closing:

  • Bovespa declined by 3,517.62 points (-2.16%) to 158,964.12


ENERGY:

The oil markets had a negative day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 1.268 USD/BBL or -2.23% to 55.552

• Brent decreased 1.384 USD/BBL or -2.28% to 59.176

• Natural gas decreased 0.0889 USD/MMBtu or -2.22% to 3.9231

• Gasoline decreased 0.0384 USD/GAL or -2.23% to 1.6871

• Heating oil decreased 0.0461 USD/GAL or -2.11% to 2.1345

The above data was collected around 12:02 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Platinum (3.94%), Cocoa (1.99%), Feeder Cattle (1.18%) and Palladium (2.87%)

• Top commodity losers: Wheat (-2.26%), Crude Oil (-2.23%), Brent (-2.28%) and Gasoline (-2.23%)

The above data was collected around 12:10 EST.


BONDS:

Japan 1.9550% (-0.41bp), US 2’s 3.49% (-0.025%), US 10’s 4.1610% (-2bps); US 30’s 4.83 (-0.013%), Bunds 2.8504% (-0.04bp), France 3.5490% (-1.79bp), Italy 3.5060% (-3.13bp), Turkey 30.85% (+229bp), Greece 3.458% (+0.5bp), Portugal 3.155% (-4.2bp); Spain 3.287% (-2.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.523% (+1.5bp)

The above data was collected around 12:15 EST.


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