ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:
• NIKKEI 225 increased 257.09 points or 0.92% to 28,226.08
• Shanghai increased 14.14 points or 0.45% to 3,165.47
• Hang Seng increased 139.21 points or 0.75% to 18,736.44
• Kospi increased 7.31 points or 0.30% to 2,479.84
• ASX 200 increased 70.20 points or 0.96% to 7,354.40
• SENSEX increased 184.54 points or 0.29% to 63,284.19
• Nifty50 increased 54.15 points or 0.29% to 18,812.50
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
• AUDUSD increased 0.00038 or 0.06% to 0.68046
• NZDUSD increased 0.00735 or 1.17% to 0.63675
• USDJPY decreased 1.632 or -1.19% to 135.649
• USDCNY increased 0.004 or 0.06% to 7.04890
Precious Metals:
• Gold increased 34 USD/t oz. or 1.92% to 1,802.45
• Silver increased 0.4 USD/t. oz or 1.80% to 22.595
Some economic news from last night:
China:
Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 49.2 to 49.4
Japan:
Capital Spending (YoY) (Q3) increased from 4.6% to 9.8%
Australia:
AIG Manufacturing Index (Nov) decreased from 49.6 to 44.7
Private New Capital Expenditure (QoQ) (Q3) decreased from 0.0% to -0.6%
Some economic news from today:
Japan:
Household Confidence (Nov) decreased from 29.9 to 28.6
India:
Nikkei S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 55.3 to 55.7
M3 Money Supply increased from 7.8% to 8.9%
Hong Kong:
Australia:
Commodity Prices (YoY) decreased from 31.6% to 19.1%
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 194.76 points or -0.56% to 34,395.01
- S&P 500 declined 3.54 points or -0.09% to 4,076.57
- Nasdaq advanced 14.45 points or 0.13% to 11,482.45
- Russell 2000 declined 4.9 points or -0.26% to 1,881.68
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 72.19 points or 0.35% to 20,525.45
- TSX 60 advanced 2.63 points or 0.21% to 1,242.42
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 1,560.41 points or -1.39% to 110,925.6
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day:
• CAC 40 increased 15.42 points or 0.23% to 6,753.97
• FTSE 100 decreased 14.56 points or -0.19% to 7,558.49
• DAX 30 increased 93.26 points or 0.65% to 14,490.30
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
• EURUSD increased 0.00606 or 0.58% to 1.04887
• GBPUSD increased 0.01568 or 1.30% to 1.22397
• USDCHF decreased 0.0068 or -0.72% to 0.93890
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
Nationwide HPI (MoM) (Nov) decreased from -0.9% to -1.4%
Nationwide HPI (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 7.2% to 4.4%
Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 46.2 To 46.5
Swiss:
procure.ch PMI (Nov) decreased from 54.9 to 53.9
Retail Sales (YoY) (Oct) decreased from 2.6% to -2.5%
CPI (MoM) (Nov) decreased from 0.1% to 0.0%
Germany:
German Retail Sales (MoM) (Oct) decreased from 1.2% to -2.8%
German Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 45.1 to 46.2
Italy:
Italian Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 46.5 to 48.4
France:
French Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 47.2 to 48.3
Spain:
Spanish Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 44.7 to 45.7
Euro Zone:
Unemployment Rate (Oct) decreased from 6.6% to 6.5%
Manufacturing PMI (Nov) increased from 46.4 to 47.1
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
• Crude Oil increased 1.515 USD/BBL or 1.88% to 82.065
• Brent increased 1.064 USD/BBL or 1.22% to 88.034
• Natural gas decreased 0.1383 USD/MMBtu or -2.00% to 6.7917
• Gasoline decreased 0.0202 USD/GAL or -0.85% to 2.3645
• Heating oil decreased 0.0298 USD/GAL or -0.89% to 3.3337
The above data was collected around 12:10 EST on Thursday
• Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (1.88%), Gold (1.92%), Rubber (3.19%) and Palladium (1.82%)
• Top commodity losers: Coal (-3.02%), Methanol (-2.40%), Soybeans (-2.93%) and Palm Oil (-3.68%)
The above data was collected around 12:22 EST Thursday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.254%(+0.3bp), US 2’s 4.27% (-0.097%), US 10’s 3.5558% (-14.52bps); US 30’s 3.68% (-0.143%), Bunds 1.806% (-13.8bp), France 2.261% (-14.6bp), Italy 3.705% (-17bp), Turkey 10.51% (-14bp), Greece 3.886% (-28bp), Portugal 2.736% (-16.8bp); Spain 2.817% (-13.2bp) and UK Gilts 3.095% (-6.6bp).
