ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 313.48 points or -1.17% to 26,386.63
- Shanghai increased 71.86 points or 2.49% to 2,958.28
- Hang Seng increased 11.65 points or 0.06% to 19,946.36
- ASX 200 decreased 56.80 points or -0.78% to 7,261.20
- Kospi decreased 29.25 points or -1.10% to 2,639.06
- SENSEX decreased 537.22 points or -0.94% to 56,819.39
- Nifty50 decreased 162.40 points or -0.94% to 17,038.40
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00038 or -0.05% to 0.71370
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00218 or -0.33% to 0.65535
- USDJPY increased 1.106 or 0.87% to 128.306
- USDCNY decreased 0.00275 or -0.04% to 6.58485
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 18.06 USD/t oz. or -0.95% to 1,887.50
- Silver decreased 0.1 USD/t. oz or -0.42% to 23.385
Some economic news from last night:
China:
Chinese Industrial profit (YoY) (Feb) increased from 4.2% to 12.2%
Chinese Industrial profit YTD (Mar) increased from 5.0% to 8.5%
South Korea:
Consumer Confidence (Apr) increased from 103.2 to 103.8
Australia:
CPI (QoQ) (Q1) increased from 1.3% to 2.1%
CPI (YoY) (Q1) increased from 3.5% to 5.1%
CPI Index Number (Q1) increased from 121.30 to 123.90
Trimmed Mean CPI (YoY) (Q1) increased from 2.6% to 3.7%
Trimmed Mean CPI (QoQ) (Q1) increased from 1.0% to 1.4%
Weighted mean CPI (QoQ) (Q1) increased from 0.9% to 1.0%
Weighted mean CPI (YoY) (Q1) increased from 2.7% to 3.2%
Some economic news from today
Indonesia:
Foreign Direct Investment (YoY) (Q1) increased from 10.10% to 31.80%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day:
- CAC 40 increased 30.69 points or 0.48% to 6,445.26
- FTSE 100 increased 39.42 points or 0.53% to 7,425.61
- DAX 30 increased 37.54 points or 0.27% to 13,793.94
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00776 or -0.73% to 1.05677
- GBPUSD decreased 0.00195 or -0.15% to 1.25640
- USDCHF increased 0.00591 or 0.61% to 0.96807
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
CBI Distributive Trades Survey (Apr) decreased from 9 to -35
Germany:
GfK German Consumer Climate (May) decreased from -15.7 to -26.5
France:
French Consumer Confidence (Apr) decreased from 90 to 88
Italy:
Italian Trade Balance Non-EU (Mar) increased from -1.55B to -0.51B
Swiss:
ZEW Expectations (Apr) decreased from -27.8 to -51.6
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 61.75 points or 0.19% to 33,301.93
- S&P 500 advanced 8.76 points or 0.21% to 4,183.96
- Nasdaq declined 1.81 points or -0.01% to 12,488.93
- Russell 2000 declined 6.44 points or -0.34% to 1,884.04
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 53.42 points or 0.26% to 20,744.23
- TSX 60 advanced 3.07 points or 0.25% to 1,255.67
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 1,136.51 points or 1.05% to 109,349.37
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil decreased 0.62 USD/BBL or -0.61% to 101.080
- Brent decreased 0.48 USD/BBL or -0.46% to 104.51
- Natural gas increased 0.294 USD/MMBtu or 4.29% to 7.1440
- Gasoline increased 0.0887 USD/GAL or 2.66% to 3.4275
- Heating oil increased 0.1075 USD/GAL or 2.41% to 4.5754
The above data was collected around 13:32 EST on Wednesday
- Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (4.29%) and Bitumen (3.61%), Gasoline(2.66%), Palm Oil (9.38%)
- Top commodity losers: Rubber(-1.28%), Gold (-0.95%), Oat (-3.85%) and Coffee (-2.33%)
The above data was collected around 13:41 EST on Wednesday
BONDS:
Japan 0.2450%(+0.1bp), US 2’s 2.55% (+0.065%), US 10’s 2.7934% (+6.53bps); US 30’s 2.90% (+0.063%), Bunds 0.801% (-0.1bp), France 1.296% (-1.6bp), Italy 2.573% (+3bp), Turkey 20.15% (-33bp), Greece 3.031% (+2.9bp), Portugal 1.865% (+1bp); Spain 1.814% (+1.7bp) and UK Gilts 1.814% (+1.7bp).
