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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,276.41 points or -2.38% to 52,463.27

    • Shanghai decreased 29.267 points or -0.74% to 3,919.285

    • Hang Seng decreased 177.50 points or -0.70% to 25,116.53

    • ASX 200 decreased 92.30 points or -1.06% to 8,579.50

    • SENSEX increased 185.23 points or 0.25% to 73,319.55

    • Nifty50 increased 33.70 points or 0.15% to 22,713.10

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00173 or -0.25% to 0.69106

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.0029 or -0.50% to 0.57239

    • USDJPY increased 0.522 or 0.33% to 159.354

    • USDCNY increased 0.01256 or 0.18% to 6.88996

    The above data was collected around 12:31 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold decreased 123.3 USD/t oz. or -2.58% to 4,661.95

    •  Silver decreased 2.951 USD/t. oz. or -3.93% to 72.132

    The above data was collected around 12:36 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 18.88 points or -0.24% to 7,962.39

    •  FTSE 100 increased 71.50 points or 0.69% to 10,436.29

    •  DAX 30 decreased 130.81 points or -0.56% to 23,168.08

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00465 or -0.40% to 1.15422

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.00708 or -0.53% to 1.32342

    • USDCHF increased 0.0042 or 0.53% to 0.79847

    The above data was collected around 12:41 EST.

    Americas:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA advanced by 224.23 points (0.48%) to 46,565.74
    • S&P 500 advanced by 46.80 points (0.72%) to 6,575.32
    • NASDAQ advanced by 250.32 points (1.16%) to 21,840.947
    • Russell 2000 advanced by 16.29 points (0.65%) to 2,512.668

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 190.00 points (0.58%) to 32,958.04
    • TSX 60 advanced by 8.41 points (0.44%) to 1,913.66

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa advanced by 374.11 points (0.20%) to 187,835.95

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a mixed day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 10.999 USD/BBL or 10.99% to 111.119

    •  Brent increased 6.165 USD/BBL or 6.09% to 107.325

    •  Natural gas decreased 0.0152 USD/MMBtu or -0.54% to 2.8038

    •  Gasoline increased 0.1352 USD/GAL 4.37% to 3.2266

    •  Heating oil increased 0.2693 USD/GAL or 6.64% to 4.3261

    The above data was collected around 12:46 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (10.99%), Heating Oil (6.64%), Brent (6.09%) and Methanol (6.45%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Silver (-3.93%), Cocoa (-3.28%), Gold (-2.58%) and Orange Juice (-2.88%)

    The above data was collected around 13:00 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.3950% (+9.1bp), US 2’s 3.81% (-0.010%), US 10’s 4.3150% (-0.7bps); US 30’s 4.90 (-0.005%), Bunds 2.9997% (+0.35bp), France 3.6840% (+0.4bp), Italy 3.8600% (+1.32bp), Turkey 32.980% (+259bp), Greece 3.819% (+2.5bp), Portugal 3.451% (+2bp); Spain 3.486% (+3.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.7780% (+0.29bp)

    The above data was collected around 13:06 EST.

     



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