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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 642.13 points or -1.12% to 56,825.70

    • Shanghai closed

    • Hang Seng decreased 292.59 points or -1.10% to 26,413.35

    • ASX 200 decreased 4.80 points or -0.05% to 9,081.40

    • SENSEX increased 316.57 points or 0.38% to 82,814.71

    • Nifty50 increased 116.90 points or 0.46% to 25,571.25

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.00141 or 0.20% to 0.70698

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.00075 or -0.13% to 0.59645

    • USDJPY increased 0.107 or 0.07% to 155.123

    • USDCNY decreased 0.00189 or -0.03% to 6.89914

    The above data was collected around 12:34 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    • Gold increased 68.63 USD/t oz. or 1.37% to 5,066.37

    • Silver increased 4.882 USD/t. oz. or 6.29% to 82.516

    The above data was collected around 12:37 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

    • CAC 40 increased 116.71 points or 1.39% to 8,515.49

    • FTSE 100 increased 59.85 points or 0.56% to 10,686.89

    • DAX 30 increased 217.12 points or 0.87% to 25,260.69

    The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.00041 or 0.03% to 1.17776

    • GBPUSD increased 0.00213 or 0.16% to 1.34865

    • USDCHF increased 0.0004 or 0.05% to 0.77551

    The above data was collected around 13:01 EST.

    NORTH AMERICA:

    US/AMERICAS:

    • Dow advanced by 230.81 points (+0.47%) to 49,625.97

    • S&P 500 advanced by 47.62 points (+0.69%) to 6,909.51

    • NASDAQ advanced by 203.34 points (+0.90%) to 22,886.069

    • Russell 2000 declined by 1.31 points (-0.05%) to 2,663.78

    Canada Market Closings:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 222.53 points (+0.66%) to 33,817.51

    • TSX 60 advanced by 9.97 points (+0.51%) to 1,955.94

    Brazil Market Closing:

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    • Crude Oil increased 0.192 USD/BBL or 0.29% to 66.592

    • Brent increased 0.194 USD/BBL or 0.27% to 71.854

    • Natural gas increased 0.1429 USD/MMBtu or 4.77% to 3.1389

    • Gasoline increased 0.0009 USD/GAL or 0.04% to 2.0130

    • Heating oil increased 0.004 USD/GAL or 0.15% to 2.6187

    The above data was collected around 13:05 EST.

    • Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (4.77%), Silver (6.29%), Platinum (5.08%) and Palladium (4.83%)

    • Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-8.26%), Cheese (-1.94%), Feeder Cattle (-0.36%) and Rapeseed (-0.76%)

    The above data was collected around 13:11 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.1090% (-3.24bp), US 2’s 3.49% (+0.029%), US 10’s 4.1000% (+2bps); US 30’s 4.74 (+0.041%), Bunds 2.7362% (-0.89bp), France 3.3010% (-1.59bp), Italy 3.3580% (+0.1bp), Turkey 30.390% (+207bp), Greece 3.350% (-1.4bp), Portugal 3.097% (-1.1bp); Spain 3.150% (-0.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.3560% (-1.44bp)

    The above data was collected around 13:18 EST.



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