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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 44.19 points or -0.11% to 39,774.92

• Shanghai increased 22.07 points or 0.62% to 3,581.86

• Hang Seng increased 135.89 points or 0.54% to 25,130.03

• ASX 200 increased 9.00 points or 0.10% to 8,677.20

• SENSEX decreased 13.53 points or -0.02% to 82,186.81

• Nifty50 decreased 29.80 points or -0.12% to 25,060.90

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00219 or 0.34% to 0.65491

• NZDUSD increased 0.00287 or 0.48% to 0.59974

• USDJPY decreased 0.847 or -0.57% to 146.559

• USDCNY decreased 0.00128 or -0.02% to 7.16959

The above data was collected around 14:27 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 31.15 USD/t oz. or 0.92% to 3,430.01

• Silver increased 0.248 USD/t. oz. or 0.64% to 39.168

The above data was collected around 14:29 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 53.81 points or -0.69% to 7,744.41

• FTSE 100 increased 10.82 points or 0.12% to 9,023.81

• DAX 30 decreased 265.90 points or -1.09% to 24,041.90

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00509 or 0.44% to 1.17456

• GBPUSD increased 0.00346 or 0.26% to 1.35234

• USDCHF decreased 0.00531 or -0.67% to 0.79280

The above data was collected around 14:35 EST.

US Market Closings:

• Dow advanced by 179.37 points (+0.40%) to 44,502.44

• S&P 500 advanced by 4.02 points (+0.06%) to 6,309.62

• NASDAQ declined by 81.49 points (−0.39%) to 20,892.69

• Russell 2000 advanced by 17.62 points (+0.79%) to 2,248.76

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced by 47.43 points (+0.17%) to 27,364.43

• TSX 60 advanced by 3.00 points (+0.18%) to 1,627.71

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa declined by 151.63 points (−0.11%) to 134,015.09

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a negative day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.602 USD/BBL or -0.91% to 65.348

• Brent decreased 0.595 USD/BBL or -0.86% to 68.615

• Natural gas decreased 0.0794 USD/MMBtu or -2.39% to 3.2456

• Gasoline decreased 0.0271 USD/GAL or -1.27% to 2.1021

• Heating oil decreased 0.0578 USD/GAL or -2.30% to 2.4514

The above data was collected around 14:47 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Steel (2.58%), Copper (1.72%), Lithium (1.62%) and Wheat (1.41%)

• Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-2.39%), Heating Oil (-2.30%), Oat (-1.79%) and Platinum (-1.27%)

The above data was collected around 14:52 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 1.5070% (-2.6bp), US 2’s 3.83% (-0.043%), US 10’s 4.3350% (-4.9bps); US 30’s 4.90% (-0.046%), Bunds 2.5940% (-2.4bp), France 3.264% (-3bp), Italy 3.4640% (-1.5bp), Turkey 31.505% (+173.5bp), Greece 3.297% (-2.4bp), Portugal 3.050% (-0.4bp); Spain 3.206% (-1.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.5750% (-3.12bp)

The above data was collected around 14:44 EST.

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