ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
NIKKEI 225 increased 35.82 points or 0.09% to 39,838.91
Shanghai decreased 2.42 points or -0.08% to 3,074.96
Hang Seng increased 390.10 points or 2.36% to 16,931.52
ASX 200 decreased 9.00 points or -0.11% to 7,887.90
Kospi increased 5.30 points or 0.19% to 2,753.16
SENSEX decreased 110.64 points or -0.15% to 73,903.91
Nifty50 decreased 8.70 points or -0.04% to 22,453.30
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
AUDUSD increased 0.00232 or 0.36% to 0.65112
NZDUSD increased 0.00118 or 0.20% to 0.59628
USDJPY decreased 0.056 or -0.04% to 151.574
USDCNY decreased 0.00234 or -0.03% to 7.25656
The above data was collected around 12:38 EST.Precious Metals:
Gold increased 8.32 USD/t oz. or 0.37% to 2,258.95
Silver increased 0.653 USD/t. oz or 2.60% to 25.767
The above data was collected around 12:40 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:
CAC 40 decreased 75.76 points or -0.92% to 8,130.05
FTSE 100 decreased 17.53 points or -0.22% to 7,935.09
DAX 30 decreased 209.36 points or -1.13% to 18.283.13
The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:
EURUSD increased 0.00254 or 0.24% to 1.07684
GBPUSD increased 0.00234 or 0.19% to 1.25734
USDCHF increased 0.0032 or 0.35% to 0.90730
The above data was collected around 12:56 EST.
US/AMERICAS:US Market Closings:
Dow declined 396.61 points or -1% to 39,170.24
S&P 500 declined 37.96 points or -0.72% to 5,205.81
Nasdaq declined 156.38 points or -0.95% to 16,240.45
Russell 2000 declined 37.8 points or -1.8% to 2,065.04
Canada Market Closings:
TSX Composite declined 110.15 points or -0.5% to 22,075.1
TSX 60 declined 7.94 points or -0.6% to 1,325.66
Brazil Market Closing:
Bovespaadvanced 663.59 points or 0.52% to 127,654.04
ENERGY:The oil markets had a green day today:
Crude Oil increased 0.643 USD/BBL or 0.77% to 84.535
Brent increased 0.556 USD/BBL or 0.63% to 88.195
Natural gas increased 0.0367 USD/MMBtu or 2.00% to 1.8714
Gasoline increased 0.0149 USD/GAL or 0.55% to 2.7290
Heating oil increased 0.0502 USD/GAL or 1.90% to 2.6879
The above data was collected around 12:58 EST.
Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (2.00%), Silver (2.60%), Platinum (2.14%) and Coffee (4.98%)
Top commodity losers: Cotton (-1.42%), Corn (-1.86%), Wheat (-2.17%) and Lumber (-1.21%)
The above data was collected around 13:09 EST.
BONDS:Japan 0.752% (+1.2bp), US 2’s 4.71% (-0.008%) , US 10’s 4.3660% (+3.7bps); US 30’s 4.51% (+0.042%), Bunds 2.3925% (+9.55bp), France 2.921% (+11.3bp), Italy 3.794% (+11.7bp), Turkey 26.255% (+140.5bp), Greece 3.349% (+11.2bp), Portugal 3.100% (+10.9bp); Spain 3.253% (+9.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.118% (+13.8bp)The above data was collected around 13:10 EST.More By This Author:Market Talk – Thursday, March 28Market Talk – Wednesday, March 27Market Talk – Tuesday, March 26
