ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 58.68 points or -0.21% to 27,842.33
- Shanghai decreased 27.91 points or -0.87% to 3,179.04
- Hang Seng decreased 437.24 points or -2.20% to 19,463.63
- Kospi decreased 16.02 points or -0.67% to 2,373.02
- ASX 200 decreased 32.40 points or -0.45% to 7,180.80
- SENSEX decreased 51.10 points or -0.08% to 62,130.57
- Nifty50 increased 0.55 points or 0.00% to 18,497.15
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00535 or -0.79% to 0.67391
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00325 or -0.51% to 0.63745
- USDJPY increased 1.002 or 0.73% to 137.575
- USDCNY increased 0.01951 or 0.28% to 6.99161
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 14.84 USD/t oz. or -0.83% to 1,781.79
- Silver decreased 0.256 USD/t. oz or -1.09% to 23.212
Some economic news from last night:
Japan:
BSI Large Manufacturing Conditions (Q4) decreased from 1.7 to -3.6
Some economic news from today:
China:
M2 Money Stock (YoY) (Nov) increased from 11.8% to 12.4%
New Loans (Nov) increased from 615.2B to 1,210.0B
Outstanding Loan Growth (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 11.1% to 11.0%
Chinese Total Social Financing (Nov) increased from 907.9B to 1,990.0B
India:
CPI (YoY) (Nov) decreased from 6.77% to 5.88%
Cumulative Industrial Production (Oct) decreased from 7.00% to 5.30%
Industrial Production (YoY) (Oct) decreased from 3.1% to -4.0%
Manufacturing Output (MoM) (Oct) decreased from 1.8% to -5.6%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day:
- CAC 40 decreased 27.09 points or -0.41% to 6,650.55
- FTSE 100 decreased 30.66 points or -0.41% to 7,445.97
- DAX 30 decreased 64.09 points or -0.45% to 14,306.63
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00007 or -0.01% to 1.05323
- GBPUSD increased 0.0007 or 0.06% to 1.22735
- USDCHF increased 0.00206 or 0.22% to 0.93636
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker remain the same at -0.3%
GDP (YoY) increased from 1.3% to 1.5%
GDP (MoM) increased from -0.6% to 0.5%
Industrial Production (MoM) (Oct) decreased from 0.2% to 0.0%
Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Oct) increased from 0.0% to 0.7%
Monthly GDP 3M/3M Change decreased from -0.2% to -0.3%
Trade Balance (Oct) increased from -15.66B to -14.48B
Trade Balance Non-EU (Oct) increased from -8.55B to -4.82B
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 528.58 points or 1.58% to 34,005.04
- S&P 500 advanced 56.18 points or 1.43% to 3,990.56
- Nasdaq advanced 139.12 points or 1.26% to 11,143.74
- Russell 2000 advanced 21.95 points or 1.22% to 1,818.61
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 72.63 points or 0.36% to 1,211.9
- TSX 60 advanced 3.84 points or 0.32% to 1,211.9
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 2,176.23 points or -2.02% to 105,343.33
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a green day today:
- Crude Oil increased 1.742 USD/BBL or 2.45% to 72.762
- Brent increased 1.406 USD/BBL or 1.85% to 77.506
- Natural gas increased 0.5122 USD/MMBtu or 8.20% to 6.7572
- Gasoline increased 0.021 USD/GAL or 1.02% to 2.0771
- Heating oil increased 0.1622 USD/GAL or 5.81% to 2.9559
The above data was collected around 12:45 EST on Monday
- Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (8.20%), Heating Oil (5.81%), Wheat (3.09%) and Potatoes (3.57%)
- Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-3.35%), Oat (-7.42%), Palm Oil (-6.46%) and Palladium (-3.43%)
The above data was collected around 12:52 EST Monday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.251%(+0.1bp), US 2’s 4.38% (+0.048%), US 10’s 3.5855% (+1.85bps); US 30’s 3.56% (+0.007%), Bunds 1.941% (+1.6bp), France 2.408% (+1.6bp), Italy 3.835% (+1.6bp), Turkey 10.95% (+22bp), Greece 3.984% (+0.2bp), Portugal 2.875% (+1.6bp); Spain 2.963% (+1.4bp) and UK Gilts 3.204% (+2.3bp).