Market Talk - Wednesday, Oct. 22

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 8.27 points or -0.02% to 49,307.79

• Shanghai decreased 2.575 points or -0.07% to 3,913.758

• Hang Seng decreased 245.78 points or -0.94% to 25,781.77

• ASX 200 decreased 64.70 points or -0.71% to 9,030.00

• SENSEX closed

• Nifty50 closed

The major Asian currency markets had a negative day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00063 or -0.10% to 0.64818

• NZDUSD decreased 0.0007 or -0.12% to 0.57367

• USDJPY decreased 0.287 or -0.19% to 151.644

• USDCNY decreased 0.00038 or -0.01% to 7.12653

The above data was collected around 13:59 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 52.31 USD/t oz. or -1.27% to 4,072.04

• Silver decreased 0.599 USD/t. oz. or -1.23% to 48.111

The above data was collected around 14:04 EST.


EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 51.99 points or -0.63% to 8,206.87

• FTSE 100 increased 88.01 points or 0.93% to 9,515.00

• DAX 30 decreased 178.90 points or -0.74% to 24,151.13

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00138 or 0.12% to 1.16136

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00121 or -0.09% to 1.33580

• USDCHF decreased 0.00086 or -0.11% to 0.79541

The above data was collected around 14:17 EST.


US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

  • Dow declined by 334.33 points (-0.71%) to 46,590.41

  • S&P 500 declined by 35.95 points (-0.53%) to 6,699.40

  • NASDAQ declined by 213.27 points (-0.93%) to 22,740.40

  • Russell 2000 declined by 36.13 points (-1.45%) to 2,451.55

  • VIX advanced by 0.73 points (+4.09%) to 18.60

Canada Market Closings:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 94.16 points (+0.32%) to 29,982.98

  • TSX 60 advanced by 4.62 points (+0.26%) to 1,768.33

Brazil Market Closing:

  • Bovespa advanced by 787.64 points (+0.55%) to 144,872.79


ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 1.271 USD/BBL or 2.22% to 58.511

• Brent increased 1.265 USD/BBL or 2.06% to 62.585

• Natural gas decreased 0.0279 USD/MMBtu or -0.80% to 3.4461

• Gasoline increased 0.0353 USD/GAL or 1.93% to 1.8634

• Heating oil increased 0.0412 USD/GAL or 1.87% to 2.2470

The above data was collected around 14:08 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Platinum (3.53%), Cocoa (6.82%), Bitumen (2.60%) and Palladium (2.38%)

• Top commodity losers: Lumber (-2.61%), Rice (-2.13%), Orange Juice (-5.31%) and Feeder Cattle (-2.14%)

The above data was collected around 14:26 EST.


BONDS:

Japan 1.6550% (-0.81bp), US 2’s 3.45% (-0.010%), US 10’s 3.954% (-2bps); US 30’s 4.54 (-0.008%), Bunds 2.5545% (+0.37bp), France 3.3540% (+0.97bp), Italy 3.3540% (+0.72bp), Turkey 29.77% (+9bp), Greece 3.236% (+1.8bp), Portugal 2.941% (+0.1bp); Spain 3.084% (+0.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.4150% (-7.3bp)

The above data was collected around 14:30 EST.


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