Market Talk - Wednesday, Oct. 15

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 825.35 points or 1.76% to 47,672.67

• Shanghai increased 46.981 points or 1.22% to 3,912.21

• Hang Seng increased 469.25 points or 1.84% to 25,910.60

• ASX 200 increased 91.50 points or 1.03% to 8,990.90

• SENSEX increased 575.45 points or 0.70% to 82,605.43

• Nifty50 increased 178.05 points or 0.71% to 25,323.55

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00318 or 0.49% to 0.65178

• NZDUSD increased 0.00088 or 0.15% to 0.57273

• USDJPY decreased 0.663 or -0.44% to 151.179

• USDCNY decreased 0.01074 or -0.15% to 7.12935

The above data was collected around 11:36 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 53.85 USD/t oz. or 1.30% to 4,197.10

• Silver increased 1.242 USD/t. oz. or 2.42% to 52.652

The above data was collected around 11:42 EST.


EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 157.38 points or 1.99% to 8,077.00

• FTSE 100 decreased 28.02 points or -0.30% to 9,424.75

• DAX 30 decreased 55.57 points or -0.23% to 24,181.37

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.0039 or 0.34% to 1.16456

• GBPUSD increased 0.00816 or 0.61% to 1.34018

• USDCHF decreased 0.00494 or -0.62% to 0.79610

The above data was collected around 11:46 EST.

US Market Closings:

  • Dow declined by 17.15 points (-0.04%) to 46,253.31

  • S&P 500 advanced by 26.75 points (+0.40%) to 6,671.06

  • NASDAQ advanced by 148.38 points (+0.66%) to 22,670.08

  • Russell 2000 advanced by 24.26 points (+0.97%) to 2,519.75

  • VIX declined by 0.17 points (-0.82%) to 20.64

Canada Market Closings:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 283.51 points (+0.93%) to 30,637.12

  • TSX 60 advanced by 14.55 points (+0.82%) to 1,797.23

Brazil Market Closing:

  • Bovespa advanced by 940.43 points (+0.66%) to 142,623.42


ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.146 USD/BBL or -0.25% to 58.444

• Brent decreased 0.23 USD/BBL or -0.37% to 62.010

• Natural gas decreased 0.0257 USD/MMBtu or -0.85% to 3.0023

• Gasoline increased 0.0058 USD/GAL or 0.32% to 1.8321

• Heating oil decreased 0.0179 USD/GAL or -0.81% to 2.1797

The above data was collected around 11:49 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Silver (2.42%), Gold (1.30%), Platinum (1.49%) and Lumber (1.55%)

• Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-2.35%), Coffee (-1.48%), Rice (-1.29%) and Oat (-1.68%)

The above data was collected around 11:54 EST.


BONDS:

Japan 1.6560% (-0.69bp), US 2’s 3.51% (+0.019%), US 10’s 4.031% (-0.2bps); US 30’s 4.62 (-0.015%), Bunds 2.5689% (-3.82bp), France 3.3430% (-5.4bp), Italy 3.3810% (-3.85bp), Turkey 32.035% (+225.5bp), Greece 3.232% (-5.8bp), Portugal 2.956% (-1.7bp); Spain 3.101% (-3.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.5470% (-4.17bp)

The above data was collected around 11:58 EST.


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