ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 510.08 points or 1.77% to 29,301.79
- Shanghai decreased 7.45 points or -0.20% to 3,632.33
- Hang Seng increased 15.09 points or 0.06% to 23,289.84
- ASX 200 increased 145.20 points or 1.95% to 7,589.80
- Kospi increased 0.47 points or 0.02% to 2,989.24
- SENSEX increased 672.71 points or 1.14% to 59,855.93
- Nifty50 increased 179.55 points or 1.02% to 17,805.25
The major Asian currency markets had a green day today:
- AUDUSD increased 0.00362 or 0.50% to 0.72325
- NZDUSD increased 0.0013 or 0.19% to 0.68012
- USDJPY increased 0.8 or 0.69% to 116.14
- USDCNY increased 0.00446 or 0.07% to 6.37575
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 12.21 USD/t oz. or 0.68% to 1,813.06
- Silver increased 0.1 USD/t. oz or 0.44% to 22.960
Some economic news from last night:
Australia:
Manufacturing PMI decreased from 59.2 to 57.7
Japan:
Manufacturing PMI (Dec) decreased from 54.5 to 54.3
China:
Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Dec) increased from 49.9 to 50.9
Some economic news from today:
Australia:
Commodity Prices (YoY) decreased from 36.7% to 25.7%
Singapore:
Manufacturing PMI (Dec) increased from 50.6 to 50.7
New Zealand:
GlobalDairyTrade Price Index increased from -1.5% to 0.3%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day:
- CAC 40 increased 100.19 points or 1.39% to 7,317.41
- FTSE 100 increased 120.61 points or 1.63% to 7,505.15
- DAX 30 increased 131.88 points or 0.82% to 16,152.61
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00093 or -0.08% to 1.12888
- GBPUSD increased 0.00545 or 0.40% to 1.35376
- USDCHF decreased 0.00282 or -0.31% to 0.91592
Some economic news from Europe today:
Germany:
German Retail Sales (YoY) (Nov) decreased from -2.0% to -2.9%
German Retail Sales (MoM) (Nov) increased from 0.5% to 0.6%
German Unemployment Change (Dec) increased from -34K to -23K
German Unemployment Rate (Dec) decreased from 5.3% to 5.2%
German Unemployment (Dec) decreased from 2,428M to 2.405M
German Unemployment n.s.a. (Dec) increased from 2.317M to 2.330M
Swiss:
CPI (YoY) (Dec) remain the same at 1.5%
CPI (MoM) (Dec) decreased from 0.3% to -0.1%
France:
French CPI (MoM) decreased from 0.4% to 0.2%
French CPI (YoY) remain the same at 2.8%
French HICP (YoY) remain the same at 3.4%
French HICP (MoM) decreased from 0.4% to 0.2%
Spain:
Spanish Unemployment Change decreased from -74.4K to -76.8K
UK:
BoE Consumer Credit (Nov) increased from 0.828B to 1.233B
M4 Money Supply (MoM) (Nov) increased from 0.6% to 0.7%
Manufacturing PMI (Dec) decreased from 58.1 to 57.9
Mortgage Approvals (Nov) decreased from 67.10K to 66.96K
Mortgage Lending (Nov) increased from 1.15B to 3.69B
Net Lending to Individuals increased from 2.0B to 4.9B
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 214.59 points or 0.59% to 36,799.65
- S&P 500 declined 3.02 points or -0.06% to 4,793.54
- Nasdaq declined 210.08 points or -1.33% to 15,622.72
- Russell 2000 declined 3.68 points or -0.16% to 2,268.87
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 13.68 points or 0.06% to 21,236.52
- TSX 60 advanced 0.45 of a point or 0.03% to 1,287.43
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 407.95 points or -0.39% to 103,513.64
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 0.93 USD/BBL or 1.22% to 77.0100
- Brent increased 1 USD/BBL or 1.27% to 79.9800
- Natural gas decreased 0.018 USD/MMBtu or -0.47% to 3.7970
- Gasoline increased 0.0255 USD/GAL or 1.13% to 2.2820
- Heating oil increased 0.0442 USD/GAL or 1.87% to 2.4016
The above data was collected around 11:45 EST on Tuesday
- Top commodity gainers: Coal (9.05%) and Methanol (3.38%), Lithium (3.35%), Zinc (3.62%)
- Top commodity losers: Cocoa (-1.20%), Canola (-3.50%), Soda Ash (-5.56%), and Live Cattle (-1.26%)
The above data was collected around 12:00 EST on Tuesday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.095%(+1.7bp), US 2’s 0.77% (-0.01%), US 10’s 1.6805% (+4.38bps); US 30’s 2.091% (+0.06%), Bunds -0.122% (+0.2bp), France 0.234% (+0.3bp), Italy 1.227% (+2.9bp), Turkey 23.35% (-1bp), Greece 1.31% (-1bp), Portugal 0.508% (-0.4bp); Spain 0.611% (+0.58bp) and UK Gilts 1.083% (+11.1bp).
