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Market Talk – April 1, 2026

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Market Talk 2017

ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:
• NIKKEI 225 increased 2,675.96 points or 5.24% to 53,739.68
• Shanghai increased 56.692 points or 1.46% to 3,948.552
• Hang Seng increased 505.89 points or 2.04% to 25,294.03
• ASX 200 increased 190.00 points or 2.24% to 8,671.80
• SENSEX increased 1,186.77 points or 1.65% to 73,134.32
• Nifty50 increased 348.00 points or 1.56% to 22,679.40
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
• AUDUSD increased 0.00379 or 0.55% to 0.69380
• NZDUSD increased 0.00179 or 0.31% to 0.57659
• USDJPY decreased 0.015 or -0.01% to 158.705
• USDCNY decreased 0.01654 or -0.24% to 6.87302
The above data was collected around 12:42 EST.
Precious Metals:
•  Gold increased 109.21 USD/t oz. or 2.34% to 4,783.73
•  Silver increased 0.718 USD/t. oz. or 0.96% to 75.758
The above data was collected around 12:45 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:
•  CAC 40 increased 164.33 points or 2.10% to 7,981.27
•  FTSE 100 increased 188.34 points or 1.85% to 10,364.79
•  DAX 30 increased 618.85 points or 2.73% to 23,298.89
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
• EURUSD increased 0.00627 or 0.54% to 1.16158
• GBPUSD increased 0.01098 or 0.83% to 1.33334
• USDCHF decreased 0.00743 or -0.93% to 0.79256
The above data was collected around 12:56 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

  • DJIA advanced by 224.23 points (0.48%) to 46,565.74
  • S&P 500 advanced by 46.80 points (0.72%) to 6,575.32
  • NASDAQ advanced by 250.32 points (1.16%) to 21,840.947
  • Russell 2000 advanced by 16.29 points (0.65%) to 2,512.668

Canada:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 190.00 points (0.58%) to 32,958.04
  • TSX 60 advanced by 8.41 points (0.44%) to 1,913.66

Brazil:

  • Bovespa advanced by 374.11 points (0.20%) to 187,835.95
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a negative day today:
•  Crude Oil decreased 1.315 USD/BBL or -1.30% to 100.065
•  Brent decreased 2.276 USD/BBL or -2.19% to 101.694
•  Natural gas decreased 0.0683 USD/MMBtu or -2.37% to 2.8157
•  Gasoline decreased 0.1048 USD/GAL -3.27% to 3.0991
•  Heating oil decreased 0.0782 USD/GAL or -1.90% to 4.0356
The above data was collected around 12:58 EST.
•  Top commodity gainers: Gold (2.34%), Aluminum (2.63%), Milk (8.69%) and Orange Juice (5.03%)
•  Top commodity losers: Bitumen (-4.63%), Wheat (-3.53%), Methanol (-4.85%) and Gasoline (-3.27%)
The above data was collected around 13:07 EST.
BONDS:
Japan 2.3040% (-5.51bp), US 2’s 3.81% (+0.004%), US 10’s 4.3110% (-0.7bps); US 30’s 4.90 (-0.018%), Bunds 2.9835% (-2.41bp), France 3.6750% (-4.6bp), Italy 3.8470% (-6.83bp), Turkey 32.795% (+167.5bp), Greece 3.794% (-9bp), Portugal 3.443% (-1.4bp); Spain 3.453% (-3.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.7750% (-8.06bp)
The above data was collected around 13:34 EST.