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Market Talk – August 2, 2026

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Market Talk 2017

ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:
• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,889.70 points or -2.85% to 64,325.64
• Shanghai decreased 38.501 points or -0.97% to 3,941.386
• Hang Seng decreased 18.52 points or -0.07% to 25,311.21
• ASX 200 decreased 88.30 points or -0.97% to 8,978.40
• SENSEX decreased 373.93 points or -0.49% to 76,570.35
• Nifty50 decreased 141.35 points or -0.59% to 23,914.45
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
• AUDUSD increased 0.00252 or 0.35% to 0.71699
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00456 or -0.77% to 0.58464
• USDJPY decreased 1.327 or -0.83% to 158.852
• USDCNY decreased 0.00438 or -0.07% to 6.71774
The above data was collected around 14:05 EST.
Precious Metals:
•  Gold increased 44.96 USD/t oz. or 1.04% to 4,373.68
•  Silver increased 0.962 USD/t. oz. or 1.50% to 65.028
The above data was collected around 14:10 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:
•  CAC 40 decreased 21.22 points or -0.26% to 8,280.63
•  FTSE 100 decreased 32.83 points or -0.30% to 10,756.45
•  DAX 30 decreased 130.78 points or -0.50% to 25,839.33
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
• EURUSD decreased 0.00068 or -0.06% to 1.15860
• GBPUSD decreased 0.00306 or -0.23% to 1.34855
• USDCHF increased 0.00181 or 0.22% to 0.81341
The above data was collected around 14:15 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

  • DJIA advanced by 295.07 points (0.56%) to 53,061.95
  • S&P 500 advanced by 35.13 points (0.46%) to 7,666.6
  • NASDAQ advanced by 118.05 points (0.45%) to 26,217.828
  • Russell 2000 advanced by 33.03 points (1.13%) to 2,953.166

Canada:

  • TSX Composite advanced by 265.88 points (0.74%) to 36,091.61
  • TSX 60 advanced by 13.7 points (0.65%) to 2,121.47

Brazil:

  • Bovespa advanced by 5,482.61 points (3.05%) to 185,205.09
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
•  Crude Oil increased 1.102 USD/BBL or 1.22% to 91.322
•  Brent increased 1.069 USD/BBL or 1.13% to 95.719
•  Natural gas increased 0.0465 USD/MMBtu or 1.60% to 2.9505
•  Gasoline decreased 0.0246 USD/GAL -0.78% to 3.1105
•  Heating oil increased 0.0158 USD/GAL or 0.34% to 4.6931
The above data was collected around 14:18 EST.
•  Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (1.60%), Sugar (1.91%), Palladium (2.52%) and Orange Juice (2.00%)
•  Top commodity losers: Coffee (-3.72%), Cocoa (-4.28%), Oat (-2.89%) and Rubber (-3.25%)
The above data was collected around 14:30 EST.
BONDS:
Japan 3.0180% (+2.22bp), US 2’s 4.39% (-0.016%), US 10’s 4.7980% (+0.1bps); US 30’s 5.27 (-0.007%), Bunds 3.3759% (+3.72bp), France 4.253% (+4.7bp), Italy 4.2220% (+3.76bp), Turkey 34.590% (+272bp), Greece 4.0720% (+4.99bp), Portugal 3.7230% (+2.2bp); Spain 3.832% (+0.5bp) and UK Gilts 5.2320% (-3.08bp)
The above data was collected around 14:34 EST.