ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 112.52 points or 0.40% to 27,954.85
- Shanghai decreased 2.72 points or -0.09% to 3,176.33
- Hang Seng increased 132.57 points or 0.68% to 19,596.20
- Kospi decreased 0.62 points or -0.03% to 2,372.40
- ASX 200 increased 22.50 points or 0.31% to 7,203.30
- SENSEX increased 402.73 points or 0.65% to 62,533.30
- Nifty50 increased 110.85 points or 0.60% to 18,608.00
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.01019 or 1.51% to 0.68546
- NZDUSD increased 0.00832 or 1.30% to 0.64642
- USDJPY decreased 1.961 or -1.43% to 135.591
- USDCNY decreased 0.02222 or -0.32% to 6.96658
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 29.3 USD/t oz. or 1.65% to 1,810.45
- Silver increased 0.407 USD/t. oz or 1.75% to 23.707
Some economic news from last night:
Australia:
Westpac Consumer Sentiment (Dec) increased from -6.9% to 3.0%
NAB Business Confidence (Nov) decreased from 0 to -4
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day:
- CAC 40 increased 94.43 points or 1.42% to 6,744.98
- FTSE 100 increased 56.92 points or 0.76% to 7,502.89
- DAX 30 increased 191.26 points or 1.34% to 14,497.89
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.00921 or 0.87% to 1.06311
- GBPUSD increased 0.01 or 0.82% to 1.23669
- USDCHF decreased 0.00696 or -0.74% to 0.92904
Some economic news from Europe today:
France:
French Non-Farm Payrolls (QoQ) (Q3) remain the same at 0.4%
UK:
Average Earnings Index +Bonus (Oct) increased from 6.0% to 6.1%
Claimant Count Change (Nov) increased from -6.4k to 30.5K
Employment Change 3M/3M (MoM) (Oct) increased from -52K to 27k
Unemployment Rate (Oct) increased from 3.6% to 3.7%
Germany:
German CPI (MoM) (Nov) decreased from 0.9% to -0.5%
German CPI (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 10.4% to 10.0%
German ZEW Current Conditions (Dec) increased from -64.5 to -61.4
German ZEW Economic Sentiment (Dec) increased from -36.7 to -23.3
Euro Zone:
ZEW Economic Sentiment (Dec) increased from -38.7 to -23.6
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 103.6 points or 0.3% to 34,108.64
- S&P 500 advanced 29.09 points or 0.73% to 4,019.65
- Nasdaq advanced 113.08 points or 1.01% to 11,256.81
- Russell 2000 advanced 13.75 points or 0.76% to 1,832.36
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 3.76 points or 0.02% to 20,023.46
- TSX 60 declined 2.33 points or -0.19% to 1,209.57
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 1,803.66 points or -1.71% to 103,539.67
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a green day today:
- Crude Oil increased 2.001 USD/BBL or 2.73% to 75.171
- Brent increased 2.458 USD/BBL or 3.15% to 80.448
- Natural gas increased 0.3928 USD/MMBtu or 5.96% to 6.9798
- Gasoline increased 0.084 USD/GAL or 4.04% to 2.1650
- Heating oil increased 0.1168 USD/GAL or 3.93% to 3.0853
The above data was collected around 16:25 EST on Tuesday
- Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (5.96%), Gasoline (4.04%), Coffee (6.45%) and Palm Oil (3.99%)
- Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-0.72%), Lumber (-1.19%), Butter (-0.39%) and HRC Steel (-0.75%)
The above data was collected around 16:30 EST Tuesday
BONDS:
Japan 0.251%(+0bp), US 2’s 4.22% (-0.185%), US 10’s 3.5085% (-10.25bps); US 30’s 3.54% (-0.039%), Bunds 1.926% (-0.8bp), France 2.393% (-2.1bp), Italy 3.797% (-4bp), Turkey 10.94% (-1bp), Greece 3.951% (-0.6bp), Portugal 2.855% (-1.9bp); Spain 2.936% (-3.9bp) and UK Gilts 3.297% (+9.9bp).
