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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 76.55 points or -0.12% to 65,606.71

    • Shanghai increased 39.685 points or 1.02% to 3,940.037

    • Hang Seng increased 137.75 points or 0.54% to 25,668.03

    • ASX 200 decreased 8.00 points or -0.09% to 9,263.60

    • SENSEX decreased 455.59 points or -0.58% to 78,499.17

    • Nifty50 decreased 65.35 points or -0.27% to 24,570.65

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.00337 or 0.48% to 0.70660

    • NZDUSD increased 0.00233 or 0.40% to 0.58933

    • USDJPY decreased 0.923 or -0.58% to 157.500

    • USDCNY decreased 0.00367 or -0.05% to 6.74395

    The above data was collected around 14:00 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold increased 99.24 USD/t oz. or 2.34% to 4,339.09

    •  Silver increased 1.814 USD/t. oz. or 2.95% to 63.312

    The above data was collected around 14:04 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

    •  CAC 40 increased 15.22 points or 0.17% to 8,714.93

    •  FTSE 100 increased 33.20 points or 0.31% to 10,901.09

    •  DAX 30 increased 179.32 points or 0.69% to 26,319.45

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.00361 or 0.31% to 1.15611

    • GBPUSD increased 0.00397 or 0.30% to 1.34941

    • USDCHF decreased 0.00455 or -0.56% to 0.80768

    The above data was collected around 14:08 EST.

    AMERICAS:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA advanced by 151.83 points (0.28%) to 54,036.93
    • S&P 500 advanced by 47.68 points (0.62%) to 7,757.64
    • NASDAQ advanced by 342.26 points (1.3%) to 26,690.615
    • Russell 2000 advanced by 32.95 points (1.1%) to 3,034.494

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 244.92 points (0.68%) to 36,381.23
    • TSX 60 advanced by 7.23 points (0.34%) to 2,139.1

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa declined by 3,051.63 points (1.74%) to 172,494.73

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 0.884 USD/BBL or 1.14% to 78.174

    •  Brent increased 1.017 USD/BBL or 1.23% to 83.507

    •  Natural gas increased 0.0413 USD/MMBtu or 1.56% to 2.6813

    •  Gasoline increased 0.0443 USD/GAL 1.51% to 2.9828

    •  Heating oil increased 0.0207 USD/GAL or 0.53% to 3.9027

    The above data was collected around 14:09 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Coffee (2.59%), Gold (2.34%), Silver (2.95%) and Sugar (5.91%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Copper (-1.68%), Zinc (-1.71%), Orange Juice (-3.86%) and Cocoa (-0.88%)

    The above data was collected around 14:19 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.8020% (+3.65bp), US 2’s 4.21% (-0.050%), US 10’s 4.6570% (-2.4bps); US 30’s 5.21 (-0.017%), Bunds 3.1365% (+1.08bp), France 3.918% (-0.22bp), Italy 3.9080% (-0.76bp), Turkey 34.865% (+248.5bp), Greece 3.7860% (+1.23bp), Portugal 3.4670% (-1.28bp); Spain 3.564% (-3bp) and UK Gilts 4.9276% (-1.73bp)

    The above data was collected around 14:21 EST.



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