ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 162.28 points or -0.56% to 28,906.88
• Shanghai decreased 33.11 points or -0.91% to 3,597.00
• Hang Seng decreased 194.02 points or -0.83% to 23,086.54
• ASX 200 increased 89.50 points or 1.21% to 7,509.80
• Kospi decreased 26.95 points or -0.89% to 2,993.29
• SENSEX decreased 90.99 points or -0.16% to 57,806.49
• Nifty50 decreased 19.65 points or -0.11% to 17,213.60

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00203 or 0.28% to 0.72498
• NZDUSD increased 0.00283 or 0.42% to 0.68320
• USDJPY increased 0.21 or 0.18% to 114.97
• USDCNY decreased 0.00295 or -0.05% to 6.36993

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 1.41 USD/t oz. or -0.08% to 1,803.96
• Silver decreased 0.167 USD/t. oz or -0.73% to 22.825

Some economic news from last night:

South Korea:

Manufacturing BSI Index (Jan) increased from 88 to 89

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day:

• CAC 40 decreased 19.59 points or -0.27% to 7,161.52
• FTSE 100 increased 48.59 points or 0.66% to 7,420.69
• DAX 30 decreased 111.45 points or -0.70% to 15,852.25

The major European currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00289 or 0.26% to 1.13403
• GBPUSD increased 0.0055 or 0.41% to 1.34875
• USDCHF decreased 0.00178 or -0.19% to 0.91537

Some economic news from Europe today:

Euro Zone:

M3 Money Supply (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 7.7% to 7.3%

Loans to Non Financial Corporations (Nov) increased from 2.5% to 2.9%

Private Sector Loans (YoY) increased from 4.1% to 4.2%

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow advanced 90.42 points or 0.25% to 36,488.63
• S&P 500 advanced 6.71 points or 0.14% to 4,793.06
• Nasdaq declined 15.51 points or -0.1% to 15,766.22
• Russell 2000 advanced 2.74 points or 0.12% to 2,249.24

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced 114.97 points or 0.54% to 21,344.65
• TSX 60 advanced 7.8 points or 0.61% to 1,296.34

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa declined 756.93 points or -0.72% to 104,107.24

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.52 USD/BBL or 0.68% to 76.5000
• Brent increased 0.18 USD/BBL or 0.23% to 79.1200
• Natural gas increased 0.033 USD/MMBtu or 0.81% to 4.0880
• Gasoline increased 0.0222 USD/GAL or 0.99% to 2.2693
• Heating oil increased 0.0061 USD/GAL or 0.26% to 2.3775

The above data was collected around 13:52 EST on Wednesday

• Top commodity gainers: Coffee (1.46%) and Cotton (3.38%), Canola (4.71%), Rice (2.00%)
• Top commodity losers: Oat (-0.96%), Palm Oil (-1.61%), Orange Juice (-2.82%), and Aluminum (-1.73%)

The above data was collected around 14:03 EST on Wednesday.

BONDS:

Japan 0.065%(+0.6bp), US 2’s 0.7539% (-0.00%), US 10’s 1.5427% (+5.85bps); US 30’s 1.9547% (+0.05%), Bunds -0.179% (+6bp), France 0.198% (+7.4bp), Italy 1.1620% (+6.2bp), Turkey 23.41% (+17bp), Greece 1.366% (+3.3bp), Portugal 0.459% (+4.3bp); Spain 0.593% (+7.24bp) and UK Gilts 1.011% (+7.8bp).