ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 106.13 points or -0.37% to 28,676.46
- Shanghai decreased 2.08 or -0.06% to 3,615.97
- Hang Seng closed
- ASX 200 closed
- Kospi decreased 12.88 points or -0.43% to 2,999.55
- SENSEX increased 295.93 points or 0.52% to 57,420.24
- Nifty50 increased 82.50 points or 0.49% to 17,086.25
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00083 or 0.11% to 0.72344
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00089 or -0.13% to 0.68071
- USDJPY increased 0.5 or 0.44% to 114.88
- USDCNY increased 0.00222 or 0.03% to 6.37438
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 1.47 USD/t oz. or 0.08% to 1,809.58
- Silver increased 0.087 USD/t. oz or 0.38% to 23.027
Some economic news from last night:
China:
Chinese Industrial profit (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 24.60% to 9.00%
Chinese Industrial profit YTD (Nov) decreased from 42.2% to 38.0%
Japan:
Large Retailers’ Sales (MoM) increased from 1.0% to 1.2%
Retail Sales (YoY) (Nov) increased from 0.9% to 1.9%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day:
- CAC 40 increased 53.81 points or 0.76% to 7,140.39
- FTSE 100 closed
- DAX 30 increased 78.94 points or 0.50% to 15,835.25
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.00095 or 0.08% to 1.13273
- GBPUSD increased 0.00372 or 0.28% to 1.34372
- USDCHF decreased 0.00188 or -0.20% to 0.91762
Some economic news from Europe today:
Norway:
Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Nov) remain the same at 0.9%
France:
France Jobseekers Total decreased from 3,142.5K to 3,087.8K
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 351.82 points or 0.98% to 36,302.38
- S&P 500 advanced 65.4 points or 1.38% to 4,791.19
- Nasdaq advanced 217.89 points or 1.39% to 15,871.26
- Russell 2000 advanced 19.88 points or 0.89% to 2,261.46
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 10.75 points or 0.05% to 21,229.68
- TSX 60 declined 0.27 of a point or -0.02% to 1,288.54
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 663.08 points or 0.63% to 105,554.4
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a green day today:
- Crude Oil increased 1.87 USD/BBL or 2.53% to 75.6600
- Brent increased 2.55 USD/BBL or 3.35% to 78.6900
- Natural gas increased 0.259 USD/MMBtu or 6.94% to 3.9900
- Gasoline increased 0.041 USD/GAL or 1.85% to 2.2520
- Heating oil increased 0.0343 USD/GAL or 1.47% to 2.3657
The above data was collected around 12:32 EST on Monday
- Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (6.94%) and Lumber (3.86%), Brent (3.35%), Cotton (3.27%)
- Top commodity losers: Methanol (-2.71%), Orange Juice (-4.20%), Steel (-2.79%), and Coffee (-1.06%)
The above data was collected around 12:40 EST on Monday
BONDS:
Japan 0.059%(-0.1bp), US 2’s 0.7172% (+0.03%), US 10’s 1.4807% (-1.19bps); US 30’s 1.8839% (-0.02%), Bunds -0.242% (+0.9bp), France 0.130% (+1.1bp), Italy 1.131% (+0.4bp), Turkey 22.88% (+17bp), Greece 1.343% (-0.1bp), Portugal 0.431% (+2.1bp); Spain 0.538% (+1.08bp) and UK Gilts 0.933% (+1.1bp).
