ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 95.82 points or 0.35% to 27,395.01
- Shanghai closed
- Hang Seng closed
- ASX 200 decreased 22.10 points or -0.30% to 7,468.30
- Kospi closed
- SENSEX decreased 773.69 points or -1.27% to 60,205.06
- Nifty50 decreased 226.35 points or -1.25% to 17,891.95
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00592 or 0.84% to 0.71062
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00153 or -0.24% to 0.64867
- USDJPY decreased 0.55 or -0.42% to 129.600
- USDCNY decreased 0.01182 or -0.17% to 6.77088
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 3.91 USD/t oz. or 0.20% to 1,941.36
- Silver increased 0.178 USD/t. oz or 0.75% to 23.845
Some economic news from last night:
Australia：
CPI (QoQ) (Q4) increased from 1.8% to 1.9%
CPI (YoY) (Q4) increased from 7.3% to 7.8%
Trimmed Mean CPI (QoQ) (Q4) decreased from 1.8% to 1.7%
New Zealand:
CPI (QoQ) (Q4) decreased from 2.2% to 1.4%
CPI (YoY) (Q4) remain the same at 7.2%
Some economic news from today:
Japan:
Coincident Indicator (MoM) (Dec) increased from -1.2% to -0.3%
Leading Index decreased from 97.6 to 97.4
Leading Index (MoM) (Dec) decreased from 0.4% to -1.2%
India:
M3 Money Supply increased from 8.7% to 9.7%
Singapore:
Core CPI (YoY) (Dec) remain the same at 5.1%
CPI (YoY) (Dec) decreased from 6.7% to 6.5%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day:
- CAC 40 decreased 6.60 points or -0.09% to 7,043.88
- FTSE 100 decreased 12.49 points or -0.16% to 7,744.87
- DAX 30 decreased 11.47 points or -0.08% to 15,081.64
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.0025 or 0.23% to 1.09100
- GBPUSD increased 0.00673 or 0.55% to 1.23953
- USDCHF decreased 0.00452 or -0.49% to 0.91808
Some economic news from Europe today:
Germany:
German Business Expectations (Jan) increased from 83.2 to 86.4
German Current Assessment (Jan) decreased from 94.4 to 94.1
German Ifo Business Climate Index (Jan) increased from 88.6 to 90.2
France:
France Jobseekers Total increased from 2,810.0K to 2,817.0K
UK:
PPI Input (MoM) (Dec) decreased from 0.6% to -1.1%
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 9.88 points or 0.03% to 33,743.84
- S&P 500 declined 0.73 of a point or -0.02% to 4,016.22
- Nasdaq declined 20.91 points or -0.18% to 11,313.36
- Russell 2000 advanced 4.71 points or 0.25% to 1,890.32
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite declined 29.95 points or -0.15% to 0,599.6
- TSX 60 declined 2.06 points or -0.17% to 1,240.33
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 1,241.92 points or 1.1% to 114,270.07
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 0.228 USD/BBL or 0.28% to 80.358
- Brent increased 0.134 USD/BBL or 0.16% to 86.264
- Natural gas decreased 0.1956 USD/MMBtu or -6.00% to 3.0624
- Gasoline decreased 0.0552 USD/GAL or -2.08% to 2.5935
- Heating oil decreased 0.0674 USD/GAL or -1.97% to 3.3598
The above data was collected around 14:31 EST on Wednesday
- Top commodity gainers: HRC Steel (11.63%), Rubber (2.67%), Coffee (1.81%) and Zinc (1.31%)
- Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-6.00%), Palladium (-2.68%), Palm Oil (-3.57%) and Cheese (-5.15%)
The above data was collected around 14:40 EST Wednesday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.435% (+2.9bp), US 2’s 4.14% (-0.071%), US 10’s 3.4617% (-0.53bps); US 30’s 3.62% (+0.002%), Bunds 2.156% (-0.3bp), France 2.599% (+0.8bp), Italy 4.087% (+17.1bp), Turkey 9.92% (+6bp), Greece 4.218% (+4.4bp), Portugal 3.031% (-0.1bp); Spain 3.149% (+2.3bp) and UK Gilts 3.243% (-3.6bp).
