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    Market Talk – May 4, 2026

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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 closed

    • Shanghai closed

    • Hang Seng increased 319.35 points or 1.24% to 26,095.88

    • ASX 200 decreased 32.70 points or -0.37% to 8,697.10

    • SENSEX increased 355.90 points or 0.46% to 77,269.40

    • Nifty50 increased 121.75 points or 0.51% to 24,119.30

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.0031 or -0.43% to 0.71674

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.00259 or -0.44% to 0.58711

    • USDJPY increased 0.172 or 0.11% to 157.195

    • USDCNY increased 0.00164 or 0.02% to 6.83215

    The above data was collected around 14:48 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold decreased 99.05 USD/t oz. or -2.15% to 4,513.45

    •  Silver decreased 2.508 USD/t. oz. or -3.34% to 72.652

    The above data was collected around 14:53 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

    •  CAC 40 decreased 138.72 points or -1.71% to 7,976.12

    •  FTSE 100 closed

    •  DAX 30 decreased 301.11 points or -1.24% to 23,991.27

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00247 or -0.21% to 1.16957

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.00432 or -0.32% to 1.35353

    • USDCHF increased 0.00097 or 0.12% to 0.78331

    The above data was collected around 15:00 EST.

    AMERICAS:

    US Markets:

    • DJIA advanced by 790.33 points (1.62%) to 49,652.14
    • S&P 500 advanced by 73.06 points (1.02%) to 7,209.01
    • NASDAQ advanced by 219.07 points (0.89%) to 24,892.313
    • Russell 2000 advanced by 60.43 points (2.21%) to 2,799.905

    Canada:

    • TSX Composite advanced by 645.94 points (1.94%) to 33,964.33
    • TSX 60 advanced by 38.92 points (2.00%) to 1,982.72

    Brazil:

    • Bovespa advanced by 2,627.52 points (1.42%) to 187,377.94

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a green day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 3.735 USD/BBL or 3.66% to 105.675

    •  Brent increased 6.107 USD/BBL or 5.65% to 114.277

    •  Natural gas increased 0.0741 USD/MMBtu or 2.67% to 2.8541

    •  Gasoline increased 0.1363 USD/GAL 3.79% to 3.7315

    •  Heating oil increased 0.1186 USD/GAL or 3.01% to 4.0650

    The above data was collected around 15:03 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Brent (5.65%), Gasoline (3.79%), Cocoa (8.57%) and Rice (4.55%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Platinum (-2.39%), Palladium (-3.33%), Gold (-2.15%) and Silver (-3.34%)

    The above data was collected around 15:10 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 2.5060% (+0.03bp), US 2’s 3.96% (+0.070%), US 10’s 4.4410% (+6.2bps); US 30’s 5.02 (+0.054%), Bunds 3.0741% (+3.99bp), France 3.7580% (+6.47bp), Italy 3.9353% (+7.07bp), Turkey 31.790% (-229.5bp), Greece 3.837% (+2.8bp), Portugal 3.512% (+5.7bp); Spain 3.541% (+5.5bp) and UK Gilts 4.9530% (-1.6bp)

    The above data was collected around 15:17 EST.



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