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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 increased 348.99 points or 0.60% to 58,824.89

    • Shanghai increased 30.702 points or 0.76% to 4,082.127

    • Hang Seng increased 200.74 points or 0.77% to 26,361.07

    • ASX 200 increased 6.40 points or 0.07% to 8,953.30

    • SENSEX increased 26.76 points or 0.03% to 78,520.30

    • Nifty50 increased 11.30 points or 0.05% to 24,364.85

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.00028 or 0.04% to 0.71732

    • NZDUSD increased 0.00061 or 0.10% to 0.58901

    • USDJPY increased 0.042 or 0.03% to 158.666

    • USDCNY decreased 0.00073 or -0.01% to 6.81571

    The above data was collected around 11:56 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold decreased 32.91 USD/t oz. or -0.68% to 4,800.65

    •  Silver decreased 0.892 USD/t. oz. or -1.10% to 79.863

    The above data was collected around 11:59 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 94.08 points or -1.12% to 8,331.05

    •  FTSE 100 decreased 58.55 points or -0.55% to 10,609.08

    •  DAX 30 decreased 284.44 points or -1.15% to 24,417.80

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.0021 or 0.18% to 1.17856

    • GBPUSD increased 0.0026 or 0.19% to 1.35425

    • USDCHF decreased 0.00371 or -0.47% to 0.77809

    The above data was collected around 12:01 EST.

    Americas:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA declined by 4.87 points (-0.01%) to 49,442.56
    • S&P 500 declined by 16.92 points (-0.24%) to 7,109.14
    • NASDAQ declined by 64.09 points (-0.26%) to 24,404.393
    • Russell 2000 advanced by 16.06 points (0.58%) to 2,792.959

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 13.74 points (0.04%) to 34,360.03
    • TSX 60 advanced by 2.54 points (0.13%) to 1,998.04

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa advanced by 402.09 points (0.21%) to 196,135.60

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 5.104 USD/BBL or 6.09% to 88.954

    •  Brent increased 4.907 USD/BBL or 5.43% to 95.287

    •  Natural gas increased 0.0355 USD/MMBtu or 1.33% to 2.7095

    •  Gasoline increased 0.1077 USD/GAL 3.58% to 3.1125

    •  Heating oil increased 0.1497 USD/GAL or 4.41% to 3.5471

    The above data was collected around 12:15 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (6.09%), Brent (5.43%), Heating Oil (4.41%) and Gasoline (3.58%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Platinum (-2.96%), Palladium (-2.40%), Orange Juice (-4.88%) and Methanol (-3.53%)

    The above data was collected around 12:20 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.3990% (-2.13bp), US 2’s 3.74% (+0.023%), US 10’s 4.2680% (+1.7bps); US 30’s 4.90 (-0.016%), Bunds 2.9874% (+2.23bp), France 3.6120% (+3.56bp), Italy 3.7220% (+4.03bp), Turkey 32.070% (+241bp), Greece 3.681% (-0.1bp), Portugal 3.384% (+4.2bp); Spain 3.428% (+3.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.7760% (+9.04bp)

    The above data was collected around 12:24 EST.



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