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    Market Talk – August 31, 2026

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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 93.63 points or -0.14% to 66,311.93

    • Shanghai increased 34.119 points or 0.86% to 3,986.298

    • Hang Seng decreased 17.80 points or -0.07% to 25,566.99

    • ASX 200 decreased 16.30 points or -0.18% to 9,076.00

    • SENSEX decreased 307.24 points or -0.40% to 76,957.27

    • Nifty50 decreased 95.25 points or -0.39% to 24,080.40

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00012 or -0.02% to 0.71641

    • NZDUSD increased 0.00019 or 0.03% to 0.59159

    • USDJPY decreased 0.28 or -0.17% to 159.779

    • USDCNY decreased 0.01221 or -0.18% to 6.71865

    The above data was collected around 14:47 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold decreased 18.73 USD/t oz. or -0.42% to 4,434.27

    •  Silver increased 0.06 USD/t. oz. or 0.09% to 66.212

    The above data was collected around 14:51 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 66.68 points or -0.79% to 8,334.50

    •  FTSE 100 increased 31.72 points or 0.29% to 10,824.26

    •  DAX 30 decreased 311.88 points or -1.17% to 26,258.11

    The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.00296 or 0.26% to 1.16156

    • GBPUSD increased 0.00135 or 0.10% to 1.35487

    • USDCHF increased 0.00037 or 0.05% to 0.80825

    The above data was collected around 15:00 EST.

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 2.213 USD/BBL or 2.65% to 85.613

    •  Brent increased 2.141 USD/BBL or 2.43% to 90.241

    •  Natural gas increased 0.0399 USD/MMBtu or 1.38% to 2.9279

    •  Gasoline increased 0.0234 USD/GAL 0.77% to 3.0736

    •  Heating oil increased 0.1552 USD/GAL or 3.65% to 4.4042

    The above data was collected around 15:02 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (3.65%), Crude Oil (2.65%), Lithium (3.59%) and Bitumen (5.66%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Palladium (-4.87%), Platinum (-3.39%), Wheat (-2.80%) and Orange Juice (-3.48%)

    The above data was collected around 15:09 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.9470% (+1.87bp), US 2’s 4.36% (+0.004%), US 10’s 4.7590% (+4.2bps); US 30’s 5.25 (+0.044%), Bunds 3.3236% (+5.03bp), France 4.178% (+6.07bp), Italy 4.1615% (+4.84bp), Turkey 34.480% (+264bp), Greece 3.9926% (+7.57bp), Portugal 3.6926% (+5.41bp); Spain 3.774% (+4.12bp) and UK Gilts 5.1431% (-1.49bp)

    The above data was collected around 15:13 EST.



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