ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 134.99 points or -0.48% to 28,027.84
- Shanghai increased 71.20 points or 2.31% to 3,149.75
- Hang Seng increased 906.74 points or 5.24% to 18,204.68
- Kospi increased 25.12 points or 1.04% to 2,433.39
- ASX 200 increased 24.20 points or 0.33% to 7,253.30
- SENSEX increased 177.04 points or 0.28% to 62,681.84
- Nifty50 increased 55.30 points or 0.30% to 18,618.05
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00312 or 0.47% to 0.66821
- NZDUSD increased 0.00306 or 0.50% to 0.61936
- USDJPY decreased 0.367 or -0.26% to 138.470
- USDCNY decreased 0.10017 or -1.38% to 7.14693
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 9.34 USD/t oz. or 0.54% to 1,750.09
- Silver increased 0.335 USD/t. oz or 1.60% to 21.252
Some economic news from last night:
Japan:
Jobs/applications ratio (Oct) increased from 1.34 to 1.35
Retail Sales (YoY) (Oct) decreased from 4.8% to 4.3%
Unemployment Rate (Oct) remain the same at 2.6%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day:
- CAC 40 increased 3.77 points or 0.06% to 6,668.97
- FTSE 100 increased 37.98 points or 0.51% to 7,512.00
- DAX 30 decreased 27.91 points or -0.19% to 14,355.45
The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.00015 or 0.01% to 1.03445
- GBPUSD increased 0.00171 or 0.14% to 1.19763
- USDCHF increased 0.00321 or 0.34% to 0.95231
Some economic news from Europe today:
Swiss:
GDP (QoQ) (Q3) increased from 0.1% to 0.2%
GDP (YoY) (Q3) decreased from 2.2% to 0.5%
Spain:
Spanish CPI (YoY) decreased from 7.3% to 6.8%
Spanish HICP (YoY) decreased from 7.3% to 6.6%
Spanish HICP (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 7.3% to 6.6%
Germany:
German CPI (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 10.4% to 10.0%
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 3.07 points or 0.01% to 33,852.53
- S&P 500 declined 6.31 points or -0.16% to 3,957.63
- Nasdaq declined 65.72 points or -0.59% to 10,983.78
- Russell 2000 advanced 5.59 points or 0.31% to 1,836.55
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 56.92 points or 0.28% to 20,277.41
- TSX 60 advanced 1.64 points or 0.13% to 1,230.44
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 2,127.46 points or 1.96% to 110,909.61
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 0.69 USD/BBL or 0.89% to 77.930
- Brent decreased 0.071 USD/BBL or -0.09% to 83.119
- Natural gas decreased 0.0021 USD/MMBtu or -0.03% to 7.1939
- Gasoline decreased 0.0239 USD/GAL or -1.03% to 2.3067
- Heating oil increased 0.0916 USD/GAL or 2.85% to 3.3070
The above data was collected around 12:54 EST on Tuesday
- Top commodity gainers: Coal (2.63%), Heating Oil (2.85%), Palm Oil (1.91%) and Canola (2.59%)
- Top commodity losers: Gasoline (-1.03%), Palladium (-0.77%), Orange Juice (-0.80%) and Methanol (-0.75%)
The above data was collected around 13:04 EST Tuesday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.252%(+0.2bp), US 2’s 4.47% (+0.002%), US 10’s 3.7367% (+3.47bps); US 30’s 3.78% (+0.026%), Bunds 1.933% (-5.9bp), France 2.5531% (-7.37bp), Italy 3.828% (-8.7bp), Turkey 10.56% (+2bp), Greece 4.152% (-7bp), Portugal 2.856% (-8.4bp); Spain 2.912% (-8.1bp) and UK Gilts 3.115% (-0.5bp).
