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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 184.52 points or -0.42% to 43,459.29

• Shanghai decreased 19.548 points or -0.51% to 3,807.292

• Hang Seng increased 304.22 points or 1.19% to 25,938.13

• ASX 200 decreased 46.10 points or -0.52% to 8,803.50

• SENSEX increased 314.02 points or 0.39% to 81,101.32

• Nifty50 increased 95.45 points or 0.39% to 24,868.60

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.0009 or -0.14% to 0.65888

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00165 or -0.28% to 0.59282

• USDJPY decreased 0.038 or -0.03% to 147.335

• USDCNY increased 0.00003 or 0.00% to 7.12233

The above data was collected around 13:13 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 8.48 USD/t oz. or 0.23% to 3,644.18

• Silver decreased 0.477 USD/t. oz. or -1.16% to 40.862

The above data was collected around 13:16 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 14.55 points or 0.19% to 7,749.39

• FTSE 100 increased 21.09 points or 0.23% to 9,242.53

• DAX 30 decreased 88.68 points or -0.37% to 23,718.45

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00486 or -0.41% to 1.17197

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00167 or -0.12% to 1.35357

• USDCHF increased 0.00418 or 0.53% to 0.79700

The above data was collected around 13:25 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow advanced by 196.39 points (+0.43%) to 45,711.34

• S&P 500 advanced by 17.46 points (+0.27%) to 6,512.61

• NASDAQ advanced by 80.79 points (+0.37%) to 21,879.49

• Russell 2000 declined by 13.07 points (-0.55%) to 2,381.82

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced by 35.28 points (+0.12%) to 29,063.01

• TSX 60 advanced by 2.07 points (+0.12%) to 1,720.48

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa declined by 173.29 points (-0.12%) to 141,618.29

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.672 USD/BBL or 1.08% to 62.932

• Brent increased 0.644 USD/BBL or 0.98% to 66.664

• Natural gas decreased 0.0106 USD/MMBtu or -0.34% to 3.0794

• Gasoline increased 0.0367 USD/GAL or 1.87% to 1.9971

• Heating oil increased 0.0175 USD/GAL or 0.76% to 2.3294

The above data was collected around 13:28 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Gasoline (1.87%), Orange Juice (5.15%), Sugar (1.31%) and Cocoa (1.75%)

• Top commodity losers: Feeder Cattle (-2.61%), Live Cattle (-2.42%), Platinum (-1.42%) and Coffee (-1.71%)

The above data was collected around 13:34 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 1.5650% (-0.3bp), US 2’s 3.54% (+0.045%), US 10’s 4.0720% (+2.9bps); US 30’s 4.71 (+0.020%), Bunds 2.6549% (+1.62bp), France 3.4680% (-0.5bp), Italy 3.505% (+0.67bp), Turkey 32.86% (+220bp), Greece 3.352% (+1.9bp), Portugal 3.079% (+1.2bp); Spain 3.239% (+0.8bp) and UK Gilts 4.6250% (+1.63bp)

The above data was collected around 13:40 EST.

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