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    Market Talk – December 16, 2025

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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 784.82 points or -1.56% to 49,383.29

    • Shanghai decreased 43.109 points or -1.11% to 3,824.812

    • Hang Seng decreased 393.47 points or -1.54% to 25,235.41

    • ASX 200 decreased 36.10 points or -0.42% to 8,598.90

    • SENSEX decreased 533.50 points or -0.63% to 84,679.86

    • Nifty50 decreased 167.20 points or -0.64% to 25,860.10

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00083 or -0.12% to 0.66334

    • NZDUSD increased 0.001 or 0.17% to 0.57900

    • USDJPY decreased 0.387 or -0.25% to 154.832

    • USDCNY decreased 0.00818 or -0.12% to 7.03518

    The above data was collected around 11:56 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    • Gold decreased 6.31 USD/t oz. or -0.15% to 4,300.19

    • Silver decreased 0.664 USD/t. oz. or -1.04% to 63.383

    The above data was collected around 11:58 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

    • CAC 40 decreased 18.72 points or -0.23% to 8,106.16

    • FTSE 100 decreased 66.52 points or -0.68% to 9,684.79

    • DAX 30 decreased 153.04 points or -0.63% to 24,076.87

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.00166 or 0.14% to 1.17693

    • GBPUSD increased 0.00536 or 0.40% to 1.34290

    • USDCHF decreased 0.00132 or -0.17% to 0.79495

    The above data was collected around 12:00 EST.

    NORTH AMERICA:

    US/AMERICAS:

    • DJIA declined by 302.30 points (-0.62%) to 48,114.26

    • S&P 500 declined by 16.25 points (-0.24%) to 6,800.26

    • NASDAQ advanced by 54.05 points (0.23%) to 23,111.462

    • Russell 2000 declined by 11.36 points (-0.45%) to 2,519.305

    Canada Market Closings:

    • TSX Composite declined by 219.51 points (-0.70%) to 31,263.93

    • TSX 60 declined by 13.94 points (-0.75%) to 1,834.06

    Brazil Market Closing:

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a negative day today:

    • Crude Oil decreased 1.268 USD/BBL or -2.23% to 55.552

    • Brent decreased 1.384 USD/BBL or -2.28% to 59.176

    • Natural gas decreased 0.0889 USD/MMBtu or -2.22% to 3.9231

    • Gasoline decreased 0.0384 USD/GAL or -2.23% to 1.6871

    • Heating oil decreased 0.0461 USD/GAL or -2.11% to 2.1345

    The above data was collected around 12:02 EST.

    • Top commodity gainers: Platinum (3.94%), Cocoa (1.99%), Feeder Cattle (1.18%) and Palladium (2.87%)

    • Top commodity losers: Wheat (-2.26%), Crude Oil (-2.23%), Brent (-2.28%) and Gasoline (-2.23%)

    The above data was collected around 12:10 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 1.9550% (-0.41bp), US 2’s 3.49% (-0.025%), US 10’s 4.1610% (-2bps); US 30’s 4.83 (-0.013%), Bunds 2.8504% (-0.04bp), France 3.5490% (-1.79bp), Italy 3.5060% (-3.13bp), Turkey 30.85% (+229bp), Greece 3.458% (+0.5bp), Portugal 3.155% (-4.2bp); Spain 3.287% (-2.3bp) and UK Gilts 4.523% (+1.5bp)

    The above data was collected around 12:15 EST.



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