Market Talk – June 2, 2026

Posted Jun 2, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |

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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 200,09 points or -0.30% to 66,734.24

• Shanghai increased 17.362 points or 0.43% to 4,075.102

• Hang Seng increased 640.14 points or 2.52% to 26,038.32

• ASX 200 decreased 5.00 points or -0.06% to 8,724.40

• SENSEX increased 382.50 points or 0.52% to 74,649.84

• Nifty50 increased 100.95 points or 0.43% to 23,483.55

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00231 or 0.32% to 0.71816

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00075 or -0.13% to 0.59245

• USDJPY increased 0.264 or 0.17% to 159.925

• USDCNY decreased 0.00223 or -0.03% to 6.76329

The above data was collected around 16:23 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 4.09 USD/t oz. or 0.09% to 4,489.19

• Silver increased 0.332 USD/t. oz. or 0.44% to 75.193

The above data was collected around 16:25 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 62.50 points or 0.77% to 8,209.09

• FTSE 100 increased 34.56 points or 0.33% to 10,373.51

• DAX 30 increased 121.13 points or 0.48% to 25,124.17

The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00013 or 0.01% to 1.16317

• GBPUSD increased 0.0013 or 0.10% to 1.34671

• USDCHF increased 0.00048 or 0.06% to 0.78712

The above data was collected around 16:28 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

DJIA advanced by 228.91 points (0.45%) to 51,307.79
S&P 500 advanced by 9.82 points (0.13%) to 7,609.78
NASDAQ advanced by 7.093 points (0.03%) to 27,093.901
Russell 2000 advanced by 26.201 points (0.9%) to 2,931.963

Canada:

TSX Composite advanced by 434.57 points (1.25%) to 35,169.46
TSX 60 advanced by 26.78 points (1.33%) to 2,047.43

Brazil:

Bovespa advanced by 2,000.18 points (1.16%) to 174,197.64

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 1.29 USD/BBL or 1.40% to 93.450

• Brent increased 0.899 USD/BBL or 0.95% to 95.879

• Natural gas decreased 0.0141 USD/MMBtu or -0.44% to 3.1649

• Gasoline increased 0.0475 USD/GAL 1.54% to 3.1322

• Heating oil increased 0.0399 USD/GAL or 1.10% to 3.6793

The above data was collected around 16:31 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (6.67%), Cocoa (4.60%), Copper (1.86%) and Zinc (1.93%)

• Top commodity losers: Bitumen (-2.72%), Rhodium (-2.87%), Methanol (-2.10%) and Oat (-3.53%)

The above data was collected around 16:38 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.5680% (-11.88bp), US 2’s 4.05% (+0.018%), US 10’s 4.4560% (+0.3bps); US 30’s 4.97 (-0.006%), Bunds 2.9865% (-2.65bp), France 3.5960% (-3.34bp), Italy 3.6973% (-5.7bp), Turkey 32.290% (-39bp), Greece 3.629% (-5.6bp), Portugal 3.357% (-3.4bp); Spain 3.404% (-2.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.8690% (-1bp)

The above data was collected around 16:41 EST.

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