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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 488.27 points or -0.74% to 65,528.09

    • Shanghai decreased 23.195 points or -0.59% to 3,882.008

    • Hang Seng decreased 492.13 points or -1.89% to 25,517.33

    • ASX 200 increased 44.20 points or 0.49% to 9,103.10

    • SENSEX decreased 171.72 points or -0.22% to 77,369.11

    • Nifty50 decreased 32.95 points or -0.14% to 24,219.05

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00287 or -0.40% to 0.71427

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.00266 or -0.44% to 0.59534

    • USDJPY increased 0.166 or 0.10% to 159.153

    • USDCNY increased 0.00291 or 0.04% to 6.72310

    The above data was collected around 14:00 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold increased 32.18 USD/t oz. or 0.70% to 4,639.53

    •  Silver decreased 0.34 USD/t. oz. or -0.49% to 68.607

    The above data was collected around 14:02 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 31.42 points or -0.37% to 8,453.01

    •  FTSE 100 increased 37.76 points or 0.35% to 10,854.32

    •  DAX 30 decreased 29.96 points or -0.11% to 26,106.60

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00219 or -0.19% to 1.16577

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.00164 or -0.12% to 1.36256

    • USDCHF increased 0.00144 or 0.18% to 0.80278

    The above data was collected around 14:08 EST.

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a negative day today:

    •  Crude Oil decreased 2.238 USD/BBL or -2.57% to 84.822

    •  Brent decreased 2.434 USD/BBL or -2.58% to 91.956

    •  Natural gas decreased 0.0006 USD/MMBtu or -0.02% to 2.7724

    •  Gasoline decreased 0.0744 USD/GAL -2.22% to 3.2735

    •  Heating oil decreased 0.216 USD/GAL or -4.81% to 4.2788

    The above data was collected around 14:09 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Lithium (5.42%), Orange Juice (2.51%), Coffee (5.93%) and Bitumen (2.77%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Heating Oil (-4.81%), Canola (-3.31%), Brent (-2.58%) and Rapeseed (-2.88%)

    The above data was collected around 14:14 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.8800% (+0.53bp), US 2’s 4.24% (-0.002%), US 10’s 4.7010% (-3.5bps); US 30’s 5.23 (-0.048%), Bunds 3.2502% (-0.62bp), France 4.124% (-0.89bp), Italy 4.086% (-0.63bp), Turkey 34.620% (+236bp), Greece 3.9450% (+2.85bp), Portugal 3.611% (-2.11bp); Spain 3.708% (-0.5bp) and UK Gilts 5.0583% (+0.67bp)

    The above data was collected around 14:17 EST.



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