ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 201.36 points or 0.72% to 28,156.21
- Shanghai increased 0.20 points or 0.01% to 3,176.53
- Hang Seng increased 77.25 points or 0.39% to 19,673.45
- ASX 200 increased 48.00 points or 0.67% to 7,251.30
- Kospi increased 26.85 points or 1.13% to 2,399.25
- SENSEX increased 144.61 points or 0.23% to 62,677.91
- Nifty50 increased 52.30 points or 0.28% to 18,660.30
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00260 or 0.38% to 0.68714
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00060 or -0.09% to 0.64560
- USDJPY decreased 0.684 or -0.50% to 134.929
- USDCNY decreased 0.01690 or -0.24% to 6.94608
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 7.08 USD/t oz. or -0.39% to 1,803.21
- Silver decreased 0.054 USD/t. oz or -0.23% to 23.674
Some economic news from last night:
Japan:
Industrial Production (MoM) (Oct) decreased from -1.7% to -3.2%
New Zealand:
Current Account (YoY) (Q3) decreased from -27.82B to -29.65B
Current Account (QoQ) (Q3) decreased from -5.42B to -10.20B
Some economic news from today:
India:
WPI Food (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 8.33% to 1.07%
WPI Fuel (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 23.17% to 17.35%
WPI Inflation (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 8.39% to 5.85%
WPI Manufacturing Inflation (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 4.42% to 3.59%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day:
- CAC 40 decreased 14.19 points or -0.21% to 6,730.79
- FTSE 100 decreased 6.96 points or -0.09% to 7,495.93
- DAX 30 decreased 37.69 points or -0.26% to 14,460.20
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.00194 or 0.18% to 1.06455
- GBPUSD increased 0.00185 or 0.15% to 1.23766
- USDCHF decreased 0.0034 or -0.37% to 0.92540
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
CPI (MoM) (Nov) decreased from 2.0% to 0.4%
CPI (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 11.1% to 10.7%
Swiss:
PPI (MoM) (Nov) decreased from 0.0% to -0.5%
Spain:
Spanish CPI (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 7.3% to 6.8%
Spanish HICP (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 7.3% to 6.7%
Euro Zone:
Industrial Production (MoM) (Oct) decreased from 0.8% to -2.0%
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 142.29 points or -0.42% to 33,966.35
- S&P 500 declined 24.33 points or -0.61% to 3,995.32
- Nasdaq declined 85.93 points or -0.76% to 11,170.89
- Russell 2000 declined 11.91 points or -0.65% to 1,820.45
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite declined 131.81 points or -0.66% to 19,891.65
- TSX 60 declined 9.26 points or -0.77% to 1,200.31
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 206.1 points or 0.2% to 103,745.77
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 1.768 USD/BBL or 2.35% to 77.159
- Brent increased 1.775 USD/BBL or 2.20% to 82.455
- Natural gas decreased 0.5096 USD/MMBtu or -7.35% to 6.4254
- Gasoline increased 0.0856 USD/GAL or 3.96% to 2.2465
- Heating oil increased 0.1874 USD/GAL or 6.06% to 3.2796
The above data was collected around 14:34 EST on Wednesday
- Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (6.06%), Gasoline (3.96%), Sugar (2.68%) and Bitumen (4.94%)
- Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-7.35%), Lumber (-2.59%), Butter (-3.21%) and Oat (-7.95%)
The above data was collected around 14:49 EST Wednesday
BONDS:
Japan 0.251%(+0bp), US 2’s 4.25% (+0.016%), US 10’s 3.4938% (-0.92bps); US 30’s 3.53% (+0.003%), Bunds 1.949% (+4.5bp), France 2.433% (+4bp), Italy 3.858% (+6.1bp), Turkey 10.73% (-21bp), Greece 4.099% (+14.8bp), Portugal 2.892% (+5.8bp); Spain 2.97% (+3.4bp) and UK Gilts 3.313% (+1.6bp).
