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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 increased 3,320.72 points or 5.58% to 62,833.84

    • Shanghai increased 19.919 points or 0.48% to 4,180.092

    • Hang Seng increased 412.50 points or 1.57% to 26,626.28

    • ASX 200 increased 84.50 points or 0.96% to 8,878.10

    • SENSEX decreased 114.00 points or -0.15% to 77,844.52

    • Nifty50 decreased 4.30 points or -0.02% to 24,326.65

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00042 or -0.06% to 0.72328

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.00001 or 0.00% to 0.59549

    • USDJPY increased 0.339 or 0.22% to 156.730

    • USDCNY decreased 0.00996 or -0.15% to 6.80385

    The above data was collected around 14:34 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold increased 22.1 USD/t oz. or 0.47% to 4,713.62

    •  Silver increased 2.297 USD/t. oz. or 2.97% to 79.607

    The above data was collected around 14:36 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 97.34 points or -1.17% to 8,202.08

    •  FTSE 100 decreased 161.71 points or -1.55% to 10,276.95

    •  DAX 30 decreased 255.08 points or -1.02% to 24,663.61

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.0006 or -0.05% to 1.17420

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.0022 or -0.16% to 1.35707

    • USDCHF increased 0.00075 or 0.10% to 0.77950

    The above data was collected around 14:50 EST.

    AMERICAS:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA declined by 313.62 points (-0.63%) to 49,596.97
    • S&P 500 declined by 28.01 points (-0.38%) to 7,337.11
    • NASDAQ declined by 32.747 points (-0.13%) to 25,806.196
    • Russell 2000 declined by 47.146 points (-1.63%) to 2,839.626

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite declined by 125.2 points (-0.37%) to 33,856.62
    • TSX 60 declined by 9.34 points (-0.47%) to 1,965.07

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa declined by 4,469 points or -2.38% to 183,221.58

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a mixed day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 1.072 USD/BBL or 1.13% to 96.152

    •  Brent decreased 0.007 USD/BBL or -0.01% to 101.263

    •  Natural gas increased 0.0429 USD/MMBtu or 1.57% to 2.7729

    •  Gasoline increased 0.0384 USD/GAL 1.11% to 3.4977

    •  Heating oil increased 0.1106 USD/GAL or 2.92% to 3.8962

    The above data was collected around 14:52 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (2.92%), Silver (2.97%), Silicon (1.76%) and Cocoa (5.42%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Methanol (-5.38%), Oat (-4.77%), Coffee (-4.02%) and Palladium (-3.22%)

    The above data was collected around 15:03 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.4830% (-2.3bp), US 2’s 3.93% (+0.058%), US 10’s 4.3950% (+4.4bps); US 30’s 4.97 (+0.035%), Bunds 3.0126% (+1.83bp), France 3.6260% (+0.16bp), Italy 3.7531% (-0.55bp), Turkey 30.870% (-29bp), Greece 3.665% (-1.1bp), Portugal 3.370% (-0.4bp); Spain 3.434% (+1.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.9640% (+2.3bp)

    The above data was collected around 15:05 EST.



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