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ASIA:
Let’s start with the major Asian stock markets, where we saw a mixed day:
- NIKKEI 225 closed
- Shanghai increased 2.72 points or 0.09% to 2,974.01
- Hang Seng decreased 277.44 points or -1.52% to 18,015.94
- ASX 200 increased 58.30 points or 0.73% to 8,017.60
- KOSPI increased 3.92 points or 0.14% to 2,860.92
- SENSEX increased 145.52 points or 0.18% to 80,664.86
- Nifty50 increased 84.55 points or 0.35% to 24,586.70
Turning to the major Asian currency markets, we also saw a mixed day:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00262 or -0.39% to 0.67575
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00427 or -0.70% to 0.60748
- USDJPY increased 0.077 or 0.05% to 157.937
- USDCNY increased 0.00345 or 0.05% to 7.27413
Looking at precious metals, Gold increased while Silver decreased:
- Gold increased 10.55 USD/t oz. or 0.44% to 2,421.66
- Silver decreased 0.092 USD/t. oz. or -0.30% to 30.684
EUROPE/EMEA:
In Europe, the major stock markets experienced a negative day:
- CAC 40 decreased 91.61 points or -1.19% to 7,632.71
- FTSE 100 decreased 69.95 points or -0.85% to 8,182.96
- DAX 30 decreased 157.29 points or -0.84% to 18,590.89
Meanwhile, the major Europe currency markets had a mixed day:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00126 or -0.12% to 1.08937
- GBPUSD decreased 0.00234 or -0.18% to 1.29644
- USDCHF increased 0.00172 or 0.19% to 0.89594
US/AMERICAS:
In the US, we saw the following market closings:
- Dow advanced 210.82 points to 40,211.72
- S&P 500 advanced 15.87 points or 0.28% to 5,631.22
- Nasdaq advanced 74.12 points or 0.4% to 18,4712.57
- Russell 2000 advanced 38.76 points or 1.8% to 2,187.02
Canada and Brazil also saw positive market closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 78.16 points or 0.34% to 22,751.68
- Bovespa advanced 423.98 points or 0.33% to 1,355.78
ENERGY:
As for the energy markets, we observed a mixed day:
- Crude Oil decreased 0.418 USD/BBL or -0.51% to 81.792
- Brent decreased 0.319 USD/BBL or -0.37% to 84.712
- Natural gas decreased 0.1406 USD/MMBtu or -6.04% to 2.1884
- Gasoline decreased 0.0213 USD/GAL or -0.85% to 2.4841
- Heating oil increased 0.0044 USD/GAL or 0.18% to 2.5105
Top commodity gainers included Lumber, Cotton, Cocoa, and Sugar, while top commodity losers were Corn, Coffee, Wheat, and Natural Gas.
BONDS:
Looking at bond yields, here are the latest numbers:
Japan 1.0500%, US 2’s 4.46%, US 10’s 4.228%, US 30’s 4.46%, Bunds 2.4790%, France 3.114%, Italy 3.749%, Turkey 25.98%, Greece 3.416%, Portugal 3.055%, Spain 3.240%, and UK Gilts 4.104%
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