ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 364.85 points or -1.28% to 28,124.28
- Shanghai decreased 34.00 points or -0.96% to 3,521.26
- Hang Seng decreased 46.45 points or -0.19% to 24,383.32
- ASX 200 decreased 80.50 points or -1.08% to 7,393.90
- Kospi decreased 40.17 points or -1.36% to 2,921.92
- SENSEX decreased 12.27 points or -0.02% to 61,223.03
- Nifty50 decreased 2.05 points or -0.01% to 18,255.75
The major Asian currency markets had a negative day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00517 or -0.71% to 0.72317
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00527 or -0.77% to 0.68187
- USDJPY decreased 0.36 or -0.32% to 113.76
- USDCNY decreased 0.00831 or -0.13% to 6.35454
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 1.06 USD/t oz. or -0.06% to 1,821.03
- Silver decreased 0.135 USD/t. oz or -0.58% to 22.937
Some economic news from last night:
China:
China Thomson Reuters IPSOS PCSI (Jan) decreased from 67.95 to 67.76
Exports (YoY) (Dec) decreased from 22.0% to 20.9%
Imports (YoY) (Dec) decreased from 31.7% to 19.5%
Trade Balance (USD) (Dec) increased from 71.72B to 94.46B
Japan:
Thomson Reuters IPSOS PCSI (Jan) decreased from 44.97 to 44.28
Foreign Bonds Buying increased from -416.5B to 617.3B
Foreign Investments in Japanese Stocks increased from 17.1B to 781.1B
PPI (MoM) (Dec) decreased from 0.7% to -0.2%
PPI (YoY) (Dec) decreased from 9.2% to 8.5%
South Korea:
Interest Rate Decision (Jan) increased from 1.00% to 1.25%
Australia:
Home Loans (MoM) increased from -4.1% to 7.6%
Invest Housing Finance (MoM) increased from 1.1% to 3.8%
Some economic news from today
India:
WPI Food (YoY) (Dec) increased from 4.88% to 9.56%
WPI Fuel (YoY) (Dec) decreased from 39.81% to 32.30%
WPI Inflation (YoY) (Dec) decreased from 14.23% to 13.56%
WPI Manufacturing Inflation (YoY) (Dec) decreased from 11.92% to 10.62%
M3 Money Supply increased from 9.3% to 9.9%
Bank Loan Growth increased from 7.3% to 9.2%
Deposit Growth increased from 9.6% to 10.3%
Exports (USD) (Dec) increased from 37.29B to 37.81B
FX Reserves, USD decreased from 633.61B to 632.74B
Imports (USD) (Dec) increased from 59.27B to 59.48B
Trade Balance (Dec) increased from -21.99B to -21.68B
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day:
- CAC 40 decreased 58.14 points or -0.81% to 7,143.00
- FTSE 100 decreased 20.90 points or -0.28% to 7,542.95
- DAX 30 decreased 148.35 points or -0.93% to 15,883.24
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00398 or -0.35% to 1.14192
- GBPUSD decreased 0.00415 or -0.30% to 1.36725
- USDCHF increased 0.00213 or 0.23% to 0.91280
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
GDP (MoM) increased from 0.2% to 0.9%
Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Nov) increased from 0.1% to 1.1%
Monthly GDP 3M/3M Change increased from 0.9% to 1.1%
Trade Balance (Nov) increased from -11.81B to -11.34B
Trade Balance Non-EU (Nov) increased from -6.83B to -5.67B
France:
French CPI (MoM) (Dec) decreased from 0.4% to 0.2%
French HICP (MoM) (Dec) decreased from 0.4% to 0.2%
Spain:
Spanish CPI (YoY) (Dec) increased from 5.5% to 6.5%
Spanish HICP (YoY) (Dec) increased from 5.5% to 6.6%
Euro Zone:
Trade Balance (Nov) decreased from 3.3B to -1.5B
Reserve Assets Total (Dec) increased from 1,045.37B to 1,057.00B
US/AMERICAS:
Retail sales in the US fell 1.9% in December, significantly worse than the projected 0.1% decrease. The Labor Department stated that excluding autos, sales dropped 2.3% during the last month of 2021. Monthly retail sales do not factor in inflation, which means that spending significantly slowed during an otherwise robust holiday shopping season. Last year presented a strong overall recovery, however, after retail sales rose 16.9% from 2020 amid the worst of the pandemic.
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 201.81 points or -0.56% to 35,911.81
- S&P 500 advanced 3.82 points or 0.08% to 4,662.85
- Nasdaq advanced 86.84 points or 0.59% to 14,893.75
- Russell 2000 advanced 3.02 points or 0.14% to 2,162.46
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 64.6 points or 0.3% to 21,357.56
- TSX 60 advanced 6.6 points or 0.51% to 1,300.29
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 1,398.29 points or 1.33% to 106,927.79
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 1.13 USD/BBL or 1.38% to 83.2500
- Brent increased 1.02 USD/BBL or 1.21% to 85.4900
- Natural gas decreased 0.089 USD/MMBtu or -2.08% to 4.1810
- Gasoline increased 0.0209 USD/GAL or 0.88% to 2.4050
- Heating oil increased 0.0099 USD/GAL or 0.38% to 2.6184
The above data was collected around 11:35 EST on Friday
- Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (2.33%) and Coal (5.01%), Methanol (3.04%), Lean Hogs (3.85%)
- Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-2.08%), Copper (-2.57%), Oat (-2.17%), and Palladium (-0.75%)
The above data was collected around 11:45 EST on Friday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.156%(+3.1bp), US 2’s 0.9526% (+0.06%), US 10’s 1.7575% (+5.69bps); US 30’s 2.0993% (+0.06%), Bunds -0.046% (+4bp), France 0.332% (+9bp), Italy 1.339% (+4.9bp), Turkey 22.54% (-20bp), Greece 1.527% (-0.3bp), Portugal 0.552% (+1.3bp); Spain 0.631% (+2.7bp) and UK Gilts 1.151% (+4.5bp).
