Market Talk – July 16, 2026

Posted Jul 16, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,915.97 points or -2.79% to 66,835.54

• Shanghai decreased 73.165 points or -1.85% to 3,882.413

• Hang Seng increased 327.50 points or 1.33% to 25,008.60

• ASX 200 decreased 0.40 points or 0.00% to 8,840.70

• SENSEX increased 1.44 points or 0.00% to 77,186.87

• Nifty50 decreased 5.75 points or -0.02% to 24,072.75

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00057 or -0.08% to 0.69988

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00073 or -0.12% to 0.58417

• USDJPY increased 0.265 or 0.16% to 162.440

• USDCNY increased 0.00542 or 0.08% to 6.77396

The above data was collected around 12:05 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 66.32 USD/t oz. or -1.63% to 3,993.98

• Silver decreased 1.697 USD/t. oz. or -2.94% to 56.042

The above data was collected around 12:12 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 4.57 points or -0.05% to 8,377.86

• FTSE 100 increased 56.32 points or 0.54% to 10,572.24

• DAX 30 decreased 84.04 points or -0.34% to 24,915.49

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00222 or -0.19% to 1.14419

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00668 or -0.49% to 1.34732

• USDCHF increased 0.00304 or 0.38% to 0.80843

The above data was collected around 12:16 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA advanced by 150.37 points (0.29%) to 52,658.64
S&P 500 advanced by 28.81 points (0.38%) to 7,572.40
NASDAQ advanced by 162.22 points (0.62%) to 26,269.227
Russell 2000 advanced by 11.50 points (0.39%) to 2,976.259

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 95.66 points (0.27%) to 35,416.20
TSX 60 advanced by 7.57 points (0.36%) to 2,094.08

Brazil:

Bovespa declined by 632.01 points (-0.36%) to 176,009.09

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.104 USD/BBL or -0.13% to 79.496

• Brent increased 0.091 USD/BBL or 0.11% to 85.041

• Natural gas decreased 0.0759 USD/MMBtu or -2.60% to 2.8481

• Gasoline decreased 0.0075 USD/GAL -0.23% to 3.2934

• Heating oil increased 0.1012 USD/GAL or 2.56% to 4.0495

The above data was collected around 12:19 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (2.56%), Cheese (2.56%), Aluminum (1.03%) and Nickel (1.81%)

• Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-3.15%), Coffee (-4.48%), Cotton (-3.57%) and Cocoa (-8.68%)

The above data was collected around 12:30 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7150% (+2.88bp), US 2’s 4.18% (+0.038%), US 10’s 4.5840% (+2.9bps); US 30’s 5.11 (+0.026%), Bunds 3.1420% (+5.66bp), France 3.939% (+3.19bp), Italy 3.9550% (+4.69bp), Turkey 34.325% (+252.5bp), Greece 3.8500% (+4.26bp), Portugal 3.4960% (+2.39bp); Spain 3.602% (+1.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.974% (+4.19bp)

The above data was collected around 12:34 EST.

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