ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 27.08 points or 0.10% to 28,459.72
- Shanghai decreased 13.89 or -0.38% to 3,647.63
- Hang Seng decreased 215.19 points or -0.91% to 23,420.76
- ASX 200 decreased 51.30 points or -0.70 to 7,327.10
- Kospi increased 1.44 points or 0.05% to 2,989.39
- SENSEX decreased 329.06 points or -0.57% to 57,788.03
- Nifty50 decreased 103.50 points or -0.60% to 17,221.40
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00157 or 0.22% to 0.71207
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00074 or -0.11% to 0.67317
- USDJPY increased 0.11 or 0.10% to 113.83
- USDCNY increased 0.00577 or 0.09% to 6.37785
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 2.78 USD/t oz. or -0.16% to 1,767.40
- Silver decreased 0.342 USD/t. oz or -1.56% to 21.584
Some economic news from last night:
China:
Fixed Asset Investment (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 6.1% to 5.2%
Industrial Production (YoY) (Nov) increased from 3.5% to 3.8%
Chinese Industrial Production YTD (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 10.9% to 10.1%
Australia:
Westpac Consumer Sentiment (Dec) decreased from 0.6% to -1.0%
New Zealand:
Current Account (YoY) (Q3) decreased from -11.23B to -15.86b
Current Account (QoQ) (Q3) decreased from -1.40B to -8.30B
Some economic news from today:
India:
Exports (USD) (Nov) increased from 29.88B to 30.04B
Imports (USD) (Nov) decreased from 53.15B to 52.94B
Trade Balance (Nov) increased from -23.27B to -22.91B
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day:
- CAC 40 increased 32.32 points or 0.47% to 6,927.63
- FTSE 100 decreased 47.89 points or -0.66% to 7,170.75
- DAX 30 increased 22.79 points or 0.15% to 15,476.35
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.00026 or 0.02% to 1.12605
- GBPUSD decreased 0.00188 or -0.14% to 1.32110
- USDCHF increased 0.00181 or 0.20% to 0.92598
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
CPI (MoM) (Nov) decreased from 1.1% to 0.7%
CPI (YoY) (Nov) increased from 4.2% to 5.1%
PPI Input (MoM) (Nov) decreased from 1.6% to 1.0%
France:
French CPI (MoM) (Nov) remain the same at 0.4%
French HICP (MoM) (Nov) remain the same at 0.4%
Spain:
Spanish CPI (YoY) (Nov) increased from 5.4% to 5.5%
Spanish HICP (YoY) (Nov) increased from 5.4% to 5.5
Italy:
Italian CPI (MoM) (Nov) decreased from 0.7% to 0.6%
Euro Zone:
Reserve Assets Total (Nov) increased from 1,019.30B to 1,045.37B
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 383.25 points or 1.08% to 35,927.43
- S&P 500 advanced 75.76 points or 1.63% to 4,709.85
- Nasdaq advanced 327.94 points or 2.15% to 15,565.58
- Russell 2000 advanced 35.56 points or 1.65% to 2,195.21
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 120.59 points or 0.58% to 20,769.16
- TSX 60 advanced 7.84 points or 0.62% to 1,263.18
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 671.26 points or 0.63% to 107,431.18
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil decreased 0.37 USD/BBL or -0.52% to 70.3600
- Brent decreased 0.23 USD/BBL or -0.31% to 73.4700
- Natural gas increased 0.13 USD/MMBtu or 3.47% to 3.8770
- Gasoline increased 0.0065 USD/GAL or 0.31% to 2.1173
- Heating oil decreased 0.0093 USD/GAL or -0.42% to 2.2091
The above data was collected around 12:10 EST on Wednesday
- Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (3.47%) and Steel (8.27%), Lumber (2.71%), Orange Juice (2.57%)
- Top commodity losers: Palm Oil (-4.66%), Copper (-2.21%), Wheat (-4.07%), and Palladium (-3.50%)
The above data was collected around 12:20 EST on Wednesday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.055%(+0.7bp), US 2’s 0.67% (+0.01%), US 10’s 1.4377%(-0.34bps); US 30’s 1.8301% (+0.00%), Bunds -0.359% (+0.4bp), France -0.018% (-0.3bp), Italy 0.929% (-1bp), Turkey 21.11% (+23bp), Greece 1.303% (-0.8bp), Portugal 0.291% (+2.2bp); Spain 0.348% (+1.11bp) and UK Gilts 0.735% (+1bp).
