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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 427.30 points or -0.78% to 54,293.36

    • Shanghai increased 34.464 points or 0.85% to 4,102.202

    • Hang Seng increased 12.55 points or 0.05% to 26,847.32

    • ASX 200 increased 70.70 points or 0.80% to 8,927.80

    • SENSEX increased 78.56 points or 0.09% to 83,817.69

    • Nifty50 increased 48.45 points or 0.19% to 25,776.00

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00397 or -0.57% to 0.69815

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.00506 or -0.84% to 0.59944

    • USDJPY increased 0.767 or 0.49% to 156.539

    • USDCNY increased 0.00784 or 0.11% to 6.94274

    The above data was collected around 12:37 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    • Gold decreased 35.62 USD/t oz. or -0.72% to 4,910.77

    • Silver increased 0.211 USD/t. oz. or 0.25% to 85.297

    The above data was collected around 12:41 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • CAC 40 increased 82.66 points or 1.01% to 8,262.16

    • FTSE 100 increased 87.75 points or 0.85% to 10,402.34

    • DAX 30 decreased 128.55 points or -0.52% to 24,652.24

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00211 or -0.18% to 1.17972

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.00467 or -0.34% to 1.36512

    • USDCHF increased 0.00125 or 0.16% to 0.77666

    The above data was collected around 12:46 EST.

    NORTH AMERICA:

    US/AMERICAS:

    • DJIA advanced by 260.31 points (0.53%) to 49,501.30

    • S&P 500 declined by 35.09 points (-0.51%) to 6,882.72

    • NASDAQ declined by 350.61 points (-1.51%) to 22,904.579

    • Russell 2000 declined by 23.95 points (-0.90%) to 2,624.546

    Canada Market Closings:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 182.95 points (0.56%) to 32,571.55

    • TSX 60 advanced by 12.19 points (0.65%) to 1,885.84

    Brazil Market Closing:

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    • Crude Oil increased 1.655 USD/BBL or 2.62% to 64.865

    • Brent increased 1.705 USD/BBL or 2.53% to 69.035

    • Natural gas increased 0.1912 USD/MMBtu or 5.77% to 3.5022

    • Gasoline increased 0.044 USD/GAL or 2.31% to 1.9493

    • Heating oil increased 0.0299 USD/GAL or 1.24% to 2.4392

    The above data was collected around 12:49 EST.

    • Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (5.77%), Milk (5.69%), Crude Oil (2.62%) and Brent (2.53%)

    • Top commodity losers: Cocoa (-4.88%), Aluminum (-1.65%), Coffee (-2.38%) and Copper (-3.83%)

    The above data was collected around 12:56 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.2510% (-0.91bp), US 2’s 3.57% (-0.012%), US 10’s 4.277% (+1bps); US 30’s 4.92 (+0.022%), Bunds 2.8619% (-2.7bp), France 3.4500% (-1.35bp), Italy 3.4910% (-1.14bp), Turkey 29.71% (+207bp), Greece 3.373% (-1.5bp), Portugal 3.233% (-1bp); Spain 3.235% (-1.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.557% (+3.04bp)

    The above data was collected around 12:59 EST.



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