Market Talk - Wednesday, Oct. 8

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 215.89 points or -0.45% to 47,734.99

• Shanghai closed

• Hang Seng decreased 128.31 points or -0.48% to 26,829.46

• ASX 200 decreased 9.20 points or -0.10% to 8,947.60

• SENSEX decreased 153.09 points or -0.19% to 81,773.66

• Nifty50 decreased 62.15 points or -0.25% to 25,046.15

The major Asian currency markets had a green day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00026 or 0.04% to 0.65834

• NZDUSD increased 0.00017 or 0.03% to 0.57778

• USDJPY increased 0.805 or 0.53% to 152.707

• USDCNY increased 0.00445 or 0.06% to 7.15021

The above data was collected around 14:48 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 63.82 USD/t oz. or 1.60% to 4,049.61

• Silver increased 1.44 USD/t. oz. or 3.01% to 49.270

The above data was collected around 14:51 EST.


EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 85.28 points or 1.07% to 8,060.13

• FTSE 100 increased 65.29 points or 0.69% to 9,548.87

• DAX 30 increased 211.35 points or 0.87% to 24,597.13

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00363 or -0.31% to 1.16207

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00347 or -0.26% to 1.33901

• USDCHF increased 0.00366 or 0.46% to 0.80196

The above data was collected around 15:00 EST.


US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

  • Dow declined by 1.2 points (UNCH) to 46,601.78

  • S&P 500 advanced by 39.13 points (+0.58%) to 6,753.72

  • NASDAQ advanced by 255.02 points (+1.12%) to 23,043.38

  • Russell 2000 advanced by 25.57 points (+1.04%) to 2,483.99

  • VIX declined by 0.94 points (-5.45%) to 16.30

Canada Market Closings:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 150.27 points (+0.50%) to 30,501.99

  • TSX 60 advanced by 2.54 points (+0.14%) to 1,792.54

Latin America Market Closings:

  • Mexico S&P/BMV advanced by 597.25 points (+0.99%) to 60,813.00

  • Bovespa (Brazil) advanced by 788.95 points (+0.56%) to 142,145.38


ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.666 USD/BBL or 1.08% to 62.396

• Brent increased 0.674 USD/BBL or 1.03% to 66.124

• Natural gas decreased 0.1657 USD/MMBtu or -4.74% to 3.3323

• Gasoline decreased 0.0027 USD/GAL or -0.14% to 1.9061

• Heating oil increased 0.021 USD/GAL or 0.93% to 2.2863

The above data was collected around 15:02 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Silver (3.01%), Platinum (2.26%), Coffee (2.31%) and Palladium (7.43%)

• Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-4.74%), Butter (-3.81%), Cocoa (-3.61%) and Sugar (-1.98%)

The above data was collected around 15:15 EST.


BONDS:

Japan 1.7040% (+2.33bp), US 2’s 3.59% (+0.017%), US 10’s 4.134% (+0.3bps); US 30’s 4.73 (+0.001%), Bunds 2.6830% (-2.77bp), France 3.5170% (-5.34bp), Italy 3.5008% (-6.39bp), Turkey 31.440% (+210bp), Greece 3.359% (-5.9bp), Portugal 3.082% (-3.8bp); Spain 3.228% (-3.4bp) and UK Gilts 4.7210% (-0.47bp)

The above data was collected around 15:20 EST.


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