Market Talk – August 31, 2026

Posted Aug 31, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 93.63 points or -0.14% to 66,311.93

• Shanghai increased 34.119 points or 0.86% to 3,986.298

• Hang Seng decreased 17.80 points or -0.07% to 25,566.99

• ASX 200 decreased 16.30 points or -0.18% to 9,076.00

• SENSEX decreased 307.24 points or -0.40% to 76,957.27

• Nifty50 decreased 95.25 points or -0.39% to 24,080.40

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00012 or -0.02% to 0.71641

• NZDUSD increased 0.00019 or 0.03% to 0.59159

• USDJPY decreased 0.28 or -0.17% to 159.779

• USDCNY decreased 0.01221 or -0.18% to 6.71865

The above data was collected around 14:47 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 18.73 USD/t oz. or -0.42% to 4,434.27

• Silver increased 0.06 USD/t. oz. or 0.09% to 66.212

The above data was collected around 14:51 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 66.68 points or -0.79% to 8,334.50

• FTSE 100 increased 31.72 points or 0.29% to 10,824.26

• DAX 30 decreased 311.88 points or -1.17% to 26,258.11

The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00296 or 0.26% to 1.16156

• GBPUSD increased 0.00135 or 0.10% to 1.35487

• USDCHF increased 0.00037 or 0.05% to 0.80825

The above data was collected around 15:00 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 374.09 points (0.7%) to 53,185.9
S&P 500 declined by 25.62 points (0.33%) to 7,686.14
NASDAQ declined by 31.53 points (0.12%) to 26,370.889
Russell 2000 declined by 15.81 points (0.53%) to 2,956.562

Canada:

TSX Composite declined by 284.87 points (0.78%) to 36,269.05
TSX 60 declined by 15.44 points (0.72%) to 2,128.8

Brazil:

Bovespa advanced by 1,766.61 points (1.01%) to 177,431.23

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 2.213 USD/BBL or 2.65% to 85.613

• Brent increased 2.141 USD/BBL or 2.43% to 90.241

• Natural gas increased 0.0399 USD/MMBtu or 1.38% to 2.9279

• Gasoline increased 0.0234 USD/GAL 0.77% to 3.0736

• Heating oil increased 0.1552 USD/GAL or 3.65% to 4.4042

The above data was collected around 15:02 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (3.65%), Crude Oil (2.65%), Lithium (3.59%) and Bitumen (5.66%)

• Top commodity losers: Palladium (-4.87%), Platinum (-3.39%), Wheat (-2.80%) and Orange Juice (-3.48%)

The above data was collected around 15:09 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.9470% (+1.87bp), US 2’s 4.36% (+0.004%), US 10’s 4.7590% (+4.2bps); US 30’s 5.25 (+0.044%), Bunds 3.3236% (+5.03bp), France 4.178% (+6.07bp), Italy 4.1615% (+4.84bp), Turkey 34.480% (+264bp), Greece 3.9926% (+7.57bp), Portugal 3.6926% (+5.41bp); Spain 3.774% (+4.12bp) and UK Gilts 5.1431% (-1.49bp)

The above data was collected around 15:13 EST.

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