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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,759.52 points or -2.54% to 67,460.73

    • Shanghai increased 7.65 points or 0.19% to 3,990.304

    • Hang Seng increased 17.92 points or 0.07% to 25,471.15

    • ASX 200 decreased 3.20 points or -0.04% to 9,070.00

    • SENSEX decreased 492.70 points or -0.63% to 77,235.46

    • Nifty50 decreased 132.75 points or -0.55% to 24,154.90

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00197 or -0.28% to 0.70854

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.00285 or -0.48% to 0.58735

    • USDJPY increased 0.188 or 0.12% to 159.639

    • USDCNY increased 0.004 or 0.06% to 6.74695

    The above data was collected around 15:56 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold decreased 73.65 USD/t oz. or -1.67% to 4,342.39

    •  Silver decreased 2.252 USD/t. oz. or -3.42% to 63.515

    The above data was collected around 15:58 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 70.24 points or -0.82% to 8,509.36

    •  FTSE 100 increased 7.74 points or 0.07% to 10,728.04

    •  DAX 30 decreased 210.25 points or -0.80% to 26,128.36

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00073 or -0.06% to 1.15731

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.00146 or -0.11% to 1.35298

    • USDCHF increased 0.00183 or 0.23% to 0.81265

    The above data was collected around 16:30 EST.

    AMERICAS:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA declined by 116.38 points (0.22%) to 53,343.4
    • S&P 500 declined by 53.3 points (0.69%) to 7,691.76
    • NASDAQ declined by 355.2 points (1.33%) to 26,289.711
    • Russell 2000 declined by 39.65 points (1.3%) to 3,017.887

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite declined by 299.99 points (0.82%) to 36,367.93
    • TSX 60 declined by 14.27 points (0.66%) to 2,143.86

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa declined by 448.71 points (0.27%) to 166,334.86

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 0.794 USD/BBL or 0.94% to 85.294

    •  Brent increased 0.336 USD/BBL or 0.37% to 91.206

    •  Natural gas increased 0.1043 USD/MMBtu or 3.88% to 2.7943

    •  Gasoline increased 0.0432 USD/GAL 1.32% to 3.3133

    •  Heating oil increased 0.0452 USD/GAL or 1.02% to 4.4823

    The above data was collected around 16:32 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (3.88%), Sugar (3.62%), Bitumen (2.45%) and Coffee (4.31%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Canola (-2.79%), Platinum (-3.74%), Silver (-3.42%) and Palladium (-3.63%)

    The above data was collected around 16:40 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.9390% (+1.34bp), US 2’s 4.18% (+0.002%), US 10’s 4.7110% (-1.5bps); US 30’s 5.29 (-0.020%), Bunds 3.2595% (+4.16bp), France 4.120% (+5.18bp), Italy 4.0726% (+4.32bp), Turkey 32.470% (-2bp), Greece 3.9293% (+6.5bp), Portugal 3.6135% (+4.11bp); Spain 3.712% (+4.51bp) and UK Gilts 5.0787% (-0.34bp)

    The above data was collected around 16:45 EST.



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