ASIA:The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:• NIKKEI 225 decreased 716.10 points or -1.83% to 38,474.30• Shanghai increased 80.18 points or 2.54% to 3,240.94• Hang Seng increased 345.64 points or 1.83% to 19,219.78• ASX 200 increased 39.10 points or 0.48% to 8,231.00• SENSEX increased 169.62 points or 0.22% to 76,499.63• Nifty50 increased 90.10 points or 0.39% to 23,176.05The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:• AUDUSD increased 0.00117 or 0.19% to 0.61887• NZDUSD increased 0.00020 or 0.04% to 0.55930• USDJPY increased 0.527 or 0.33% to 158.004• USDCNY decreased 0.00237 or -0.03% to 7.34558The above data was collected around 13:53 EST.
Precious Metals:• Gold increased 4 USD/t oz. or 0.15% to 2,671.90• Silver increased 0.173 USD/t. oz. or 0.58% to 29.834The above data was collected around 13:55 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:• CAC 40 increased 15.03 points or 0.20% to 7,423.67• FTSE 100 decreased 22.65 points or -0.28% to 8,201.54• DAX 30 increased 138.48 points or 0.69% to 20,271.33The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:• EURUSD increased 0.00542 or 0.53% to 1.02992• GBPUSD increased 0.00062 or 0.05% to 1.22072• USDCHF decreased 0.00445 or -0.49% to 0.91305The above data was collected around 14:00 EST.
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ENERGY:The oil markets had a mixed day today:• Crude Oil decreased 1.188 USD/BBL or -1.51% to 77.632• Brent decreased 0.951 USD/BBL or -1.17% to 80.059• Natural gas increased 0.0782 USD/MMBtu or 1.99% to 4.0122• Gasoline increased 0.0046 USD/GAL or 0.22% to 2.1073• Heating oil decreased 0.0065 USD/GAL or -0.26% to 2.5297The above data was collected around 14:01 EST.• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (1.99%), Rice (1.38%), Canola (1.75%) and Oat (1.79%)• Top commodity losers: Platinum (-2.58%), Lumber (-2.05%), Crude Oil (-1.51%) and Sugar (-3.22%)The above data was collected around 14:05 EST.
BONDS:Japan 1.2440% (+3.2bp), US 2’s 4.38% (-0.015%), US 10’s 4.7980% (+1.1bps); US 30’s 4.99% (+0.040%), Bunds 2.6305% (+4.75bp), France 3.469% (+1.7bp), Italy 3.8480% (+2.2bp), Turkey 26.43% (+1bp), Greece 3.450% (+0bp), Portugal 3.098% (+3.3bp); Spain 3.334% (+3.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.8950% (+0.32bp)The above data was collected around 14:09 EST.More By This Author:Market Talk – Friday, Aug. 23
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