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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 increased 506.45 points or 0.74% to 69,220.25

    • Shanghai increased 55.477 points or 1.41% to 3,982.654

    • Hang Seng increased 336.38 points or 1.34% to 25,453.23

    • ASX 200 decreased 42.00 points or -0.46% to 9,073.20

    • SENSEX decreased 281.09 points or -0.36% to 77,728.16

    • Nifty50 decreased 78.35 points or -0.32% to 24,287.65

    The major Asian currency markets had a green day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.00191 or 0.27% to 0.71019

    • NZDUSD increased 0.00078 or 0.13% to 0.58998

    • USDJPY increased 0.238 or 0.15% to 159.564

    • USDCNY increased 0.00016 or 0.00% to 6.74358

    The above data was collected around 15:09 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold increased 29.82 USD/t oz. or 0.68% to 4,405.32

    •  Silver increased 1.085 USD/t. oz. or 1.68% to 65.746

    The above data was collected around 15:11 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 57.20 points or -0.66% to 8,579.60

    •  FTSE 100 decreased 29.81 points or -0.28% to 10,720.30

    •  DAX 30 decreased 101.70 points or -0.38% to 26,338.61

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.00084 or 0.07% to 1.15778

    • GBPUSD increased 0.00077 or 0.06% to 1.35417

    • USDCHF decreased 0.00221 or -0.27% to 0.81110

    The above data was collected around 15:20 EST.

    AMERICAS:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA declined by 272.63 points (0.51%) to 53,459.78
    • S&P 500 declined by 40.7 points (0.52%) to 7,745.06
    • NASDAQ declined by 84.25 points (0.32%) to 26,644.911
    • Russell 2000 declined by 10.88 points (0.35%) to 3,057.539

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite declined by 62.35 points (0.17%) to 36,667.92
    • TSX 60 declined by 6.1 points (0.28%) to 2,158.13

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa advanced by 20.57 points (0.01%) to 166,954.77

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a mixed day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 1.953 USD/BBL or 2.37% to 84.353

    •  Brent increased 2.186 USD/BBL or 2.47% to 90.706

    •  Natural gas decreased 0.0338 USD/MMBtu or -1.24% to 2.6992

    •  Gasoline increased 0.0772 USD/GAL 2.42% to 3.2613

    •  Heating oil increased 0.1483 USD/GAL or 3.46% to 4.4312

    The above data was collected around 15:24 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (3.46%), Cocoa (5.19%), Brent (2.47%) and Gasoline (2.42%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Methanol (-1.59%), Silicon (-1.43%), Cheese (-1.15%) and Natural Gas (-1.24%)

    The above data was collected around 15:30 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.9260% (+4.58bp), US 2’s 4.19% (+0.008%), US 10’s 4.7270% (+3bps); US 30’s 5.31 (+0.049%), Bunds 3.2346% (+3.58bp), France 4.068% (+1.26bp), Italy 4.0243% (+2.75bp), Turkey 35.200% (+279bp), Greece 3.8643% (+3.8bp), Portugal 3.5724% (+1.18bp); Spain 3.669% (+1.98bp) and UK Gilts 5.0827% (+4.15bp)

    The above data was collected around 15:34 EST.



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