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Market Talk – October 28, 2026

Market Talk 2017

ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
• NIKKEI 225 increased 685.82 points or 1.08% to 63,954.19
• Shanghai increased 33.168 points or 0.91% to 3,681.469
• Hang Seng increased 53.51 points or 0.23% to 23,094.83
• ASX 200 decreased 2.80 points or -0.03% to 8,847.30
• SENSEX decreased 352.64 points or -0.48% to 73,246.03
• Nifty50 decreased 50.90 points or -0.22% to 22,698.85
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
• AUDUSD increased 0.00139 or 0.20% to 0.70392
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00592 or -1.04% to 0.56228
• USDJPY increased 0.264 or 0.17% to 158.214
• USDCNY decreased 0.00139 or -0.02% to 6.66324
The above data was collected around 12:47 EST.
Precious Metals:
•  Gold decreased 19.38 USD/t oz. or -0.48% to 4,040.82
•  Silver decreased 0.763 USD/t. oz. or -1.40% to 53.649
The above data was collected around 12:48 EST.
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EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:
•  CAC 40 decreased 0.18 points or 0.00% to 7,886.96
•  FTSE 100 increased 7.96 points or 0.07% to 10,694.50
•  DAX 30 increased 106.68 points or 0.42% to 25,697.45
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
• EURUSD increased 0.00248 or 0.22% to 1.11496
• GBPUSD increased 0.0012 or 0.09% to 1.33180
• USDCHF decreased 0.00007 or -0.01% to 0.82905
The above data was collected around 12:55 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

  • DJIA advanced by 97.53 points (0.19%) to 52,475.1
  • S&P 500 advanced by 21.38 points (0.28%) to 7,743.98
  • NASDAQ advanced by 72.04 points (0.27%) to 26,549.851
  • Russell 2000 advanced by 11.64 points (0.41%) to 2,830.509

Canada:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 93.6 points (0.26%) to 36,265.09
  • TSX 60 advanced by 6.5 points (0.3%) to 2,153.85

Brazil:

  • Bovespa declined by 4,703.95 points (2.68%) to 171,006.1
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a green day today:
•  Crude Oil increased 3.068 USD/BBL or 3.07% to 102.968
•  Brent increased 1.917 USD/BBL or 1.68% to 115.797
•  Natural gas increased 0.0585 USD/MMBtu or 1.95% to 3.0625
•  Gasoline increased 0.0264 USD/GAL 0.84% to 3.1640
•  Heating oil increased 0.0641 USD/GAL or 1.34% to 4.8393
The above data was collected around 13:00 EST.
•  Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (1.95%), Brent (1.68%), Bitumen (5.78%) and Crude Oil (3.07%)
•  Top commodity losers: Coffee (-2.72%), Methanol (-2.24%), Lean Hogs (-5.19%) and Cocoa (-2.19%)
The above data was collected around 13:13 EST.
BONDS:
Japan 2.8320% (+4.19bp), US 2’s 4.77% (+0.025%), US 10’s 5.0200% (+1.7bps); US 30’s 5.32 (+0.007%), Bunds 3.3734% (+1.84bp), France 4.9420% (+1.99bp), Italy 4.5140% (+0.4bp), Turkey 32.99% (+4bp), Greece 4.3400% (+2.97bp), Portugal 3.8600% (-1.61bp); Spain 4.000% (-0.2bp) and UK Gilts 5.3511% (+0.2bp)
The above data was collected around 13:16 EST.