ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
NIKKEI 225 increased 354.96 points or 0.91% to 39,347.04
Shanghai decreased 22.24 points or -0.72% to 3,047.05
Hang Seng increased 8.93 points or 0.05% to 16,732.85
ASX 200 increased 15.80 points or 0.20% to 7,789.10
Kospi increased 3.44 points or 0.13% to 2,717.65
SENSEX increased 494.28 points or 0.67% to 74,742.50
Nifty50 increased 152.60 points or 0.68% to 22,666.30
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
AUDUSD increased 0.00198 or 0.30% to 0.65978
NZDUSD increased 0.0016 or 0.27% to 0.60280
USDJPY increased 0.222 or 0.15% to 151.832
USDCNY decreased 0.00165 or -0.02% to 7.24465
The above data was collected around 12:19 EST.Precious Metals:
Gold increased 0.13 USD/t oz. or 0.01% to 2,329.63
Silver increased 0.243 USD/t. oz or 0.88% to 27.723
The above data was collected around 12:23 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:
CAC 40 increased 57.99 points or 0.72% to 8,119.30
FTSE 100 increased 32.31 points or 0.41% to 7,943.47
DAX 30 increased 143.93 points or 0.79% to 18.318.97
The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:
EURUSD increased 0.00123 or 0.11% to 1.08473
GBPUSD increased 0.00083 or 0.07% to 1.26443
USDCHF increased 0.00433 or 0.48% to 0.90573
The above data was collected around 12:25 EST.
US/AMERICAS:US Market Closings:
Dow declined 11.24 points or -0.03% to 38,892.8
S&P 500 declined 1.95 points or -0.04% to 5,202.39
Nasdaq advanced 5.43 points or 0.03% to 16,253.95
Russell 2000 advanced 10.24 points or 0.5% to 2,073.71
Canada Market Closings:
TSX Composite declined 4.08 points or -0.02% to 22,260.3
TSX 60 declined 0.37 of a point or -0.03% to 1,334.13
Brazil Market Closing:
Bovespa advanced 2,053.33 points or 1.62% to 128,848.74
ENERGY:The oil markets had a mixed day today:
Crude Oil decreased 1.052 USD/BBL or -1.21% to 85.859
Brent decreased 1.257 USD/BBL or -1.38% to 89.913
Natural gas increased 0.0489 USD/MMBtu or 2.74% to 1.8339
Gasoline decreased 0.0475 USD/GAL or -1.70% to 2.7411
Heating oil decreased 0.0581 USD/GAL or -2.10% to 2.7149
The above data was collected around 12:28 EST.
Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (2.74%), Platinum (4.81%), Rubber (2.03%) and Palladium (4.46%)
Top commodity losers: HRC Steel (-3.97%), Heating Oil (-2.10%), Soda Ash (-2.06%) and Sugar (-1.82%)
The above data was collected around 12:35 EST.
BONDS:Japan 0.792% (+2.2bp), US 2’s 4.80% (+0.065%) , US 10’s 4.439% (+6.1bps); US 30’s 4.57% (+0.035%), Bunds 2.439% (+4bp), France 2.923% (+1.1bp), Italy 3.800% (+1.4bp), Turkey 27.285% (+195.5bp), Greece 3.345% (-1.1bp), Portugal 3.093% (+0.3bp); Spain 3.252% (+1.5bp) and UK Gilts 4.135% (+6.6bp)The above data was collected around 12:41 EST.More By This Author:Market Talk – Friday, April, 5
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