ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 349.16 points or 1.29% to 27,453.48
- Shanghai decreased 20.32 points or -0.62% to 3,267.16
- Hang Seng decreased 341.31 points or -1.68% to 20,010.04
- ASX 200 increased 21.60 points or 0.30% to 7,307.00
- Kospi decreased 15.48 points or -0.63% to 2,423.61
- SENSEX decreased 141.87 points or -0.24% to 59,463.93
- Nifty50 decreased 45.45 points or -0.26% to 17,465.80
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.0071 or -1.04% to 0.67360
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00616 or -0.99% to 0.61644
- USDJPY increased 1.636 or 1.21% to 136.336
- USDCNY increased 0.05776 or 0.84% to 6.97506
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 10.21 USD/t oz. or -0.56% to 1,812.43
- Silver decreased 0.405 USD/t. oz or -1.90% to 20.887
Some economic news from last night:
Japan:
National Core CPI (YoY) (Jan) increased from 4.0% to 4.2%
Some economic news from today:
India:
Bank Loan Growth decreased from 16.3% to 16.1%
Deposit Growth decreased from 10.5% to 10.2%
FX Reserves, USD decreased from 566.95B to 561.27B
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day:
- CAC 40 decreased 130.16 points or -1.78% to 7,187.27
- FTSE 100 decreased 29.06 points or -0.37% to 7,878.66
- DAX 30 decreased 265.95 points or -1.72% to 15,209.74
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00492 or -0.46% to 1.05458
- GBPUSD decreased 0.0063 or -0.52% to 1.19500
- USDCHF increased 0.0063 or 0.67% to 0.94010
Some economic news from Europe today:
Germany:
German GDP (YoY) (Q4) decreased from 0.5% to 0.3%
German GDP (QoQ) (Q4) decreased from -0.2% to -0.4%
GfK German Consumer Climate (Mar) increased from -33.8 to -30.5
Swiss:
Employment Level (Q4) increased from 5.362M to 5.398M
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 336.99 points or -1.02% to 32,816.92
- S&P 500 declined 42.28 points or -1.05% to 3,970.04
- Nasdaq declined 195.46 points or -1.69% to 11,394.94
- Russell 2000 declined 17.61 points or -0.92% to 1,890.49
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 31 points or 0.15% to 20,219.19
- TSX 60 advanced 2.52 points or 0.21% to 1,218.17
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 1,794.44 points or -1.67% to 105,798.43
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 0.566 USD/BBL or 0.75% to 75.956
- Brent increased 0.835 USD/BBL or 1.02% to 83.045
- Natural gas increased 0.091 USD/MMBtu or 3.74% to 2.5230
- Gasoline decreased 0.0224 USD/GAL or -0.94% to 2.3571
- Heating oil increased 0.049 USD/GAL or 1.81% to 2.7571
The above data was collected around 12:07 EST on Friday
- Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (3.90%), HRC Steel (2.76%), Natural Gas (3.74%) and Cotton (3.12%)
- Top commodity losers: Copper (-2.30%), Platinum (-3.61%), Wheat (-3.41%) and Palladium (-4.38%)
The above data was collected around 12:13 EST Friday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.500% (-0.5bp), US 2’s 4.83% (+0.133%), US 10’s 3.9628% (+8.18bps); US 30’s 3.94% (+0.067%), Bunds 2.538% (+6.3bp), France 3.019% (+7.4bp), Italy 4.437% (+6.7bp), Turkey 10.23% (+0bp), Greece 4.43% (+3.2bp), Portugal 3.445% (+8.6bp); Spain 3.592% (+7.4bp) and UK Gilts 3.661% (+7.1bp).
