ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
NIKKEI 225 decreased 492.07 points or -1.23% to 39,598.71
Shanghai decreased 12.53 points or -0.41% to 3,027.40
Hang Seng decreased 208.31 points or -1.27% to 16,229.78
ASX 200 increased 30.20 points or 0.39% to 7,763.70
Kospi increased 6.13 points or 0.23% to 2,647.62
SENSEX increased 33.40 points or 0.05% to 74,119.39
Nifty50 increased 19.50 points or 0.09% to 22,493.55
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
AUDUSD increased 0.00509 or 0.78% to 0.66139
NZDUSD increased 0.004 or 0.65% to 0.61680
USDJPY decreased 1.199 or -0.80% to 148.171
USDCNY decreased 0.00727 or -0.10% to 7.20233
The above data was collected around 12:43 EST.Precious Metals:
Gold increased 7.14 USD/t oz. or 0.33% to 2,155.43
Silver increased 0.188 USD/t. oz or 0.78% to 24.350
The above data was collected around 12:46 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:
CAC 40 increased 61.48 points or 0.77% to 8,016.22
FTSE 100 increased 13.15 points or 0.17% to 7,692.46
DAX 30 increased 126.14 points or 0.71% to 17.842.85
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
EURUSD increased 0.00416 or 0.38% to 1.09386
GBPUSD increased 0.00641 or 0.50% to 1.27931
USDCHF decreased 0.00347 or -0.39% to 0.87843
The above data was collected around 13:01 EST.
US/AMERICAS:US Market Closings:
Dow advanced 130.3 points or 0.34% to 38,791.35
S&P 500 advanced 52.6 points or 1.03% to 5,157.36
Nasdaq advanced 241.83 points or 1.51% to 16,273.38
Russell 2000 advanced 16.65 points or 0.81% to 2,084.74
Canada Market Closings:
TSX Compositeadvanced 200.6 points or 0.93% to 21,794.56
TSX 60 advanced 12.2 points or 0.94% to 1,314.47
Brazil Market Closing:
Bovespa declined 532.47 points or -0.41% to 128,357.76
ENERGY:The oil markets had a mixed day today:
Crude Oil increased 0.185 USD/BBL or 0.23% to 79.316
Brent increased 0.306 USD/BBL or 0.37% to 83.266
Natural gas decreased 0.0802 USD/MMBtu or -4.16% to 1.8488
Gasoline increased 0.0268 USD/GAL or 1.05% to 2.5807
Heating oil increased 0.047 USD/GAL or 1.76% to 2.7103
The above data was collected around 13:04 EST.
Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (1.76%), HRC Steel (7.00%), Corn (4.06%) and Zinc (1.46%)
Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-4.29%), Cocoa (-2.37%), Natural Gas (-4.16%) and Soda Ash (-2.38%)
The above data was collected around 13:12 EST.
BONDS:Japan 0.736% (+2.1bp), US 2’s 4.52% (-0.038%) , US 10’s 4.1156% (+1.16bps); US 30’s 4.27% (+0.031%), Bunds 2.312% (-1.8bp), France 2.753% (-3.3bp), Italy 3.63% (-3.1bp), Turkey 26.26% (+7bp), Greece 3.254% (-4.2bp), Portugal 2.985% (-0.9bp); Spain 3.124% (-3.5bp) and UK Gilts 4.008% (+1.4bp)The above data was collected around 13:21 EST.More By This Author:Market Talk – Wednesday, March 6Market Talk – Tuesday, March 5Market Talk – Monday, March 4
