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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 30.86 points or 0.08% to 37,529.49

• Shanghai increased 12.90 points or 0.38% to 3,380.48

• Hang Seng increased 348.76 points or 1.49% to 23,681.48

• ASX 200 increased 48.20 points or 0.58% to 8,343.30

• SENSEX decreased 872.98 points or -1.06% to 81,186.44

• Nifty50 decreased 261.55 points or -1.05% to 24,683.90

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00384 or -0.59% to 0.64186

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00039 or -0.07% to 0.59174

• USDJPY increased 0.025 or 0.02% to 144.881

• USDCNY increased 0.00114 or 0.02% to 7.21572

The above data was collected around 13:15 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 61.16 USD/t oz. or 1.90% to 3,283.33

•  Silver increased 0.642 USD/t. oz. or 1.99% to 32.996

The above data was collected around 13:17 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 58.79 points or 0.75% to 7,942.42

• FTSE 100 increased 81.81 points or 0.94% to 8,781.12

• DAX 30 increased 101.13 points or 0.42% to 24,036.11

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00266 or 0.24% to 1.12667

• GBPUSD increased 0.00186 or 0.14% to 1.33797

• USDCHF decreased 0.0036 or -0.43% to 0.83135

The above data was collected around 13:24 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow declined 114.83 points or -0.27% to 42,677.24
• S&P 500 declined 23.14 points or -0.39% to 5,940.46
• Nasdaq declined 72.75 points or -0.38% to 19,142.71
• Russell 2000 advanced 1.15 points or 0.05% to 2,105.58

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced 83.7 points or 0.32% to 26,055.63
• TSX 60 advanced 3.23 points or 0.21% to 1,563.34

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespaadvanced 508.89 points or 0.36% to 2,377,381

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.137 USD/BBL or 0.22% to 62.277

• Brent increased 0.104 USD/BBL or 0.16% to 65.644

• Natural gas increased 0.2917 USD/MMBtu or 9.37% to 3.4047

• Gasoline increased 0.0172 USD/GAL or 0.80% to 2.1587

• Heating oil increased 0.0063 USD/GAL or 0.30% to 2.1366

The above data was collected around 13:27 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (9.37%), Palladium (4.20%), Platinum (4.64%) and Wheat (3.31%)

• Top commodity losers: Cheese (-5.84%), Lumber (-0.94%), Coffee (-1.61%) and Methanol (-1.87%)

The above data was collected around 13:35 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 1.5230% (+3.51bp), US 2’s 3.97% (-0.013%), US 10’s 4.4820% (+2.8bps); US 30’s 4.97% (+0.062%), Bunds 2.6035% (+2.75bp), France 3.2610% (+0.6bp), Italy 3.6020% (+0.8bp), Turkey 31.00% (-55bp), Greece 3.370% (+1bp), Portugal 3.088% (+0.8bp); Spain 3.213% (+0.6bp) and UK Gilts 4.7050% (+3.96bp)

The above data was collected around 13:39 EST.

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