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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 increased 323.99 points or 0.57% to 57,467.83

    • Shanghai closed

    • Hang Seng closed

    • ASX 200 increased 79.20 points or 0.88% to 9,086.20

    • SENSEX decreased 1,236.11 points or -1.48% to 82,498.14

    • Nifty50 decreased 365.00 points or -1.41% to 25,454.35

    The major Asian currency markets had a green day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.00114 or 0.16% to 0.70538

    • NZDUSD increased 0.00048 or 0.08% to 0.59698

    • USDJPY increased 0.138 or 0.09% to 154.942

    • USDCNY increased 0.00762 or 0.11% to 6.89990

    The above data was collected around 12:27 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    • Gold increased 18.14 USD/t oz. or 0.36% to 4,994.63

    • Silver increased 0.351 USD/t. oz. or 0.45% to 77.949

    The above data was collected around 12:30 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

    • CAC 40 decreased 30.25 points or -0.36% to 8,398.78

    • FTSE 100 decreased 59.14 points or -0.55% to 10,627.04

    • DAX 30 decreased 234.64 points or -0.93% to 25,043.57

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00178 or -0.15% to 1.17653

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.0045 or -0.33% to 1.34498

    • USDCHF increased 0.00234 or 0.30% to 0.77561

    The above data was collected around 12:36 EST.

    NORTH AMERICA:

    US/AMERICAS:

    • Dow declined by 267.50 points (-0.54%) to 49,395.16

    • S&P 500 declined by 19.42 points (-0.28%) to 6,861.89

    • NASDAQ declined by 70.905 points (-0.31%) to 22,682.729

    • Russell 2000 advanced by 6.48 points (+0.24%) to 2,665.09

    Canada Market Closings:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 205.25 points (+0.61%) to 33,594.98

    • TSX 60 advanced by 7.92 points (+0.41%) to 1,945.97

    Brazil Market Closing:

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    • Crude Oil increased 1.432 USD/BBL or 2.20% to 66.622

    • Brent increased 1.328 USD/BBL or 1.89% to 71.678

    • Natural gas increased 0.0087 USD/MMBtu or 0.29% to 3.0197

    • Gasoline increased 0.0381 USD/GAL or 1.94% to 2.0023

    • Heating oil increased 0.0716 USD/GAL or 2.84% to 2.5903

    The above data was collected around 12:38 EST.

    • Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (2.84%), Crude Oil (2.20%), Oat (2.23%) and Cheese (2.83%)

    • Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-4.96%), Palladium (-3.24%), Lumber (-1.71%) and Cocoa (-7.10%)

    The above data was collected around 12:47 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.1410% (+0.1bp), US 2’s 3.47% (+0.012%), US 10’s 4.0870% (+0.6bps); US 30’s 4.72 (+0.011%), Bunds 2.7436% (+0.08bp), France 3.3160% (+0.12bp), Italy 3.3690% (+1.65bp), Turkey 30.385% (+226.5bp), Greece 3.362% (+0.8bp), Portugal 3.115% (+0.9bp); Spain 3.170% (+0.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.3700% (-0.52bp)

    The above data was collected around 13:07 EST.



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