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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 2,134.31 points or -3.16% to 65,326.42

    • Shanghai decreased 95.881 points or -2.40% to 3,894.422

    • Hang Seng increased 23.92 points or 0.09% to 25,495.07

    • ASX 200 decreased 16.20 points or -0.18% to 9,053.80

    • SENSEX decreased 325.78 points or -0.42% to 76,909.68

    • Nifty50 decreased 76.60 points or -0.32% to 24,078.30

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.00378 or 0.53% to 0.71257

    • NZDUSD increased 0.00563 or 0.96% to 0.59333

    • USDJPY decreased 1.188 or -0.74% to 158.431

    • USDCNY decreased 0.0162 or -0.24% to 6.73019

    The above data was collected around 12:19 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold increased 158.94 USD/t oz. or 3.67% to 4,493.86

    •  Silver increased 2.553 USD/t. oz. or 4.03% to 65.873

    The above data was collected around 12:21 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 7.45 points or -0.09% to 8,501.91

    •  FTSE 100 increased 15.31 points or 0.14% to 10,743.35

    •  DAX 30 decreased 37.03 points or -0.14% to 26,091.33

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.00921 or 0.80% to 1.16679

    • GBPUSD increased 0.00764 or 0.56% to 1.36094

    • USDCHF decreased 0.01302 or -1.60% to 0.79931

    The above data was collected around 12:28 EST.

    AMERICAS:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA advanced by 119.65 points (0.22%) to 53,463.05
    • S&P 500 advanced by 16.22 points (0.21%) to 7,707.98
    • NASDAQ advanced by 41.38 points (0.16%) to 26,331.09
    • Russell 2000 advanced by 15.06 points (0.5%) to 3,032.942

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 33.86 points (0.09%) to 36,401.79
    • TSX 60 declined by 7.72 points (0.36%) to 2,136.14

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa advanced by 1,495.41 points (0.9%) to 167,830.27

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a mixed day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 1.608 USD/BBL or 1.89% to 86.548

    •  Brent increased 1.162 USD/BBL or 1.28% to 92.182

    •  Natural gas increased 0.0682 USD/MMBtu or 2.46% to 2.8442

    •  Gasoline decreased 0.0207 USD/GAL -0.63% to 3.2810

    •  Heating oil increased 0.0259 USD/GAL or 0.58% to 4.4760

    The above data was collected around 12:30 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Silver (4.03%), Gold (3.67%), Platinum (4.74%) and Palladium (3.13%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Rice (-0.69%), Coffee (-0.99%), Cheese (-0.87%) and Lithium (-1.21%)

    The above data was collected around 12:36 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.8970% (-4.21bp), US 2’s 4.20% (+0.010%), US 10’s 4.6670% (-4.3bps); US 30’s 5.21 (-0.072%), Bunds 3.2658% (+0.48bp), France 4.119% (-0.1bp), Italy 4.063% (-1.74bp), Turkey 35.310% (+284bp), Greece 3.9280% (-0.13bp), Portugal 3.606% (-0.75bp); Spain 3.707% (-0.5bp) and UK Gilts 5.0547% (-2.6bp)

    The above data was collected around 12:39 EST.



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