ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 584.65 points or 1.80% to 33,018.65
- Shanghai increased 4.84 points or 0.15% to 3,233.67
- Hang Seng increased 117.11 points or 0.60% to 19,521.42
- ASX 200 increased 16.40 points or 0.23% to 7,138.90
- Kospi increased 8.60 points or 0.33% to 2,637.95
- SENSEX increased 418.45 points or 0.67% to 63,143.16
- Nifty50 increased 114.65 points or 0.62% to 18,716.15
The major Asian currency markets had a green day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00243 or 0.36% to 0.67743
- NZDUSD increased 0.0026 or 0.42% to 0.61470
- USDJPY increased 0.416 or 0.30% to 140.016
- USDCNY increased 0.01705 or 0.24% to 7.17195
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 13.51 USD/t oz. or -0.69% to 1,943.41
- Silver decreased 0.276 USD/t. oz or -1.15% to 23.774
Some economic news from last night:
Japan:
BSI Large Manufacturing Conditions (Q2) increased from -10.5 to -0.4
Australia:
Westpac Consumer Sentiment (Jun) increased from -7.9% to 0.2%
NAB Business Confidence (May) decreased from 0 to -4
Some economic news from today:
China:
New Loans (May) increased from 718.8B to 1,360.0B
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:
- CAC 40 increased 40.45 points or 0.56% to 7,290.80
- FTSE 100 increased 24.09 points or 0.32% to 7,594.78
- DAX 30 increased 132.81 points or 0.83% to 16,230.68
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.00382 or 0.36% to 1.07952
- GBPUSD increased 0.01032 or 0.82% to 1.26142
- USDCHF decreased 0.004 or -0.44% to 0.90500
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
Average Earnings Index +Bonus (Apr) increased from 6.1% to 6.5%
Claimant Count Change (May) decreased from 23.4K to -13.6K
Employment Change 3M/3M (MoM) (Apr) increased from 182K to 250K
Unemployment Rate (Apr) decreased from 3.9% to 3.8%
Germany:
German CPI (MoM) (May) decreased from 0.4% to -0.1%
German CPI (YoY) (May) decreased from 7.2% to 6.1%
German ZEW Current Conditions (Jun) decreased from -34.8 to -56.5
German ZEW Economic Sentiment (Jun) increased from -10.7 to -8.5
Spain:
Core CPI (YoY) (May) decreased from 6.6% to 6.1%
Spanish CPI (YoY) (May) decreased from 4.1% to 3.2%
Spanish HICP (YoY) (May) decreased from 3.8% to 2.9%
Euro Zone:
ZEW Economic Sentiment (Jun) decreased -9.4 to -10.0
US/AMERICAS:
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose at annualized rate of 4% in May, marking the lowest rise in two years, according to the Labor Department. Core inflation rose 0.4% for the month, up 5.3% year-on-year. This is promising news and further indication that the Federal Open Market Committee may vote to pause rate hikes at their meeting this week.
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 145.79 points or 0.43% to 34,212.12
- S&P 500 advanced 30.08 points or 0.69% to 4,369.01
- Nasdaq advanced 111.4 points or 0.83% to 13,573.32
- Russell 2000 advanced 23.12 points or 1.23% to 1,896.33
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 69.09 points or 0.35% to 19,990.4
- TSX 60 adcanced 4.2 points or 0.35% to 1,202.39
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 593.63 points or -0.51% to 116,742.71
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a green day today:
- Crude Oil increased 2.005 USD/BBL or 2.99% to 69.125
- Brent increased 2.244 USD/BBL or 3.12% to 74.084
- Natural gas increased 0.0742 USD/MMBtu or 3.27% to 2.3402
- Gasoline increased 0.0647 USD/GAL or 2.61% to 2.5473
- Heating oil increased 0.0889 USD/GAL or 3.85% to 2.3980
The above data was collected around 12:05 EST on Tuesday
- Top commodity gainers: Oat (3.13%), Heating Oil (3.85%), Natural Gas (3.27%) and Lumber (4.50%)
- Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-1.91%), Coffee (-1.48%), Rice (-7.09%) and Silver (-1.15%)
The above data was collected around 12:10 EST Tuesday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.431% (+0.5bp), US 2’s 4.63% (+0.036%), US 10’s 3.788% (+2.3bps); US 30’s 3.92% (+0.017%), Bunds 2.424% (+4.2bp), France 2.948% (+3.8bp), Italy 4.056% (-0.4bp), Turkey 17.32% (+126bp), Greece 3.715% (+0.5bp), Portugal 3.118% (+4.8bp); Spain 3.378% (+4.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.434% (+9.4bp).
