Market Talk - Tuesday, Dec. 2

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 0.17 points or 0.00% to 49,303.45

• Shanghai decreased 16.295 points or -0.42% to 3,897.712

• Hang Seng increased 61.79 points or 0.24% to 26,095.05

• ASX 200 increased 14.50 points or 0.17% to 8,579.70

• SENSEX decreased 503.63 points or -0.59% to 85,138.27

• Nifty50 decreased 143.55 points or -0.55% to 26,032.20

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00172 or 0.26% to 0.65605

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00077 or -0.13% to 0.57290

• USDJPY increased 0.55 or 0.35% to 156.017

• USDCNY decreased 0.00488 or -0.07% to 7.06845

The above data was collected around 12:28 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 37.11 USD/t oz. or -0.88% to 4,194.44

• Silver increased 0.007 USD/t. oz. or 0.01% to 57.997

The above data was collected around 12:31 EST.


EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 22.39 points or -0.28% to 8,074.61

• FTSE 100 decreased 0.73 points or -0.01% to 9,701.80

• DAX 30 increased 121.42 points or 0.51% to 23,710.86

The major Europe currency markets had a negative day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00040 or -0.04% to 1.16059

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00220 or -0.16% to 1.31912

• USDCHF decreased 0.00067 or -0.08% to 0.80417

The above data was collected around 12:40 EST.


US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

  • Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 185.13 points (0.39%) to 47,474.46

  • S&P 500 rose 16.74 points (0.25%) to 6,829.37

  • NASDAQ Composite gained 137.75 points (0.59%) to 23,413.67

  • Russell 2000 declined 4.13 points (-0.17%) to 2,464.998

  • VIX fell 0.65 points (-3.77%) to 16.59

Canada Market Closings:

  • TSX Composite decreased 52.50 points (-0.17%) to 31,049.28

  • TSX 60 inched up 0.22 points (0.01%) to 1,825.03

Latin America Market Closings:

  • Bovespa surged 2,383.22 points (1.50%) to 160,994.23


ENERGY:

The oil markets had a negative day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.372 USD/BBL or -0.63% to 58.948

• Brent decreased 0.382 USD/BBL or -0.60% to 62.788

• Natural gas decreased 0.0563 USD/MMBtu or -1.14% to 4.8647

• Gasoline decreased 0.0318 USD/GAL or -1.70% to 1.8412

• Heating oil decreased 0.0147 USD/GAL or -0.63% to 2.3315

The above data was collected around 12:43 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Wheat (1.75%), Palladium (3.45%), Feeder Cattle (2.27%) and Live Cattle (1.72%)

• Top commodity losers: Butter (-2.03%), Potatoes (-9.09%), Bitumen (-2.19%) and Rubber (-4.50%)

The above data was collected around 12:37 EST.


BONDS:

Japan 1.8620% (-1.7bp), US 2’s 3.53% (-0.016%), US 10’s 4.0940% (+0.2bps); US 30’s 4.74 (+0.001%), Bunds 2.7494% (+0.02bp), France 3.4920% (+0.59bp), Italy 3.4690% (-0.05bp), Turkey 31.585% (+17bp), Greece 3.384% (+1.3bp), Portugal 3.073% (-3.5bp); Spain 3.227% (-0.6bp) and UK Gilts 4.472% (-1.41bp)

The above data was collected around 13:00 EST.


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