ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 97.73 points or -0.35% to 27,930.57
- Shanghai decreased 4.55 points or -0.15% to 3,115.43
- Hang Seng decreased 210.82 points or -1.15% to 18,045.66
- Kospi decreased 34.55 points or -1.39% to 2,442.90
- ASX 200 increased 13.50 points or 0.19% to 7,135.70
- SENSEX decreased 230.12 points or -0.37% to 61,750.60
- Nifty50 decreased 65.75 points or -0.36% to 18,343.90
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00864 or -1.28% to 0.66523
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00607 or -0.99% to 0.60863
- USDJPY increased 1.209 or 0.87% to 140.597
- USDCNY increased 0.06813 or 0.96% to 7.17533
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 16.77 USD/t oz. or -0.95% to 1,757.00
- Silver decreased 0.645 USD/t. oz or -3.00% to 20.830
Some economic news from last night:
Japan:
Adjusted Trade Balance decreased from -2.04T to -2.30T
Exports (YoY) (Oct) decreased from 28.9% to 25.3%
Trade Balance (Oct) decreased from -2,094.3B to -2,162.3B
Australia：
Employment Change (Oct) increased from -3.8K to 32.2K
Full Employment Change (Oct) increased from 10.9K to 47.1K
Unemployment Rate (Oct) decreased from 3.5% to 3.4%
New Zealand:
PPI Input (QoQ) (Q3) decreased from 3.1% to 0.8%
Some economic news from today:
China:
FDI (Oct) decreased from 15.60% to 14.40%
India:
M3 Money Supply decreased from 9.1% to 7.8%
Hong Kong:
Unemployment Rate (Oct) decreased from 3.9% to 3.8%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day:
- CAC 40 decreased 31.10 points or -0.47% to 6,576.12
- FTSE 100 decreased 4.65 points or -0.06% to 7,346.54
- DAX 30 increased 32.35 points or 0.23% to 14,266.38
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00657 or -0.63% to 1.03278
- GBPUSD decreased 0.01231 or -1.03% to 1.17920
- USDCHF increased 0.0106 or 1.12% to 0.95490
Some economic news from Europe today:
Euro Zone:
Core CPI (YoY) (Oct) increased from 4.8% to 5.0%
CPI (YoY) (Oct) increased from 9.9% to 10.6%
CPI (MoM) (Oct) increased from 1.2% to 1.5%
US/AMERICAS:
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard stated that rate hikes have only had a “limited” effect on inflation thus far. Bullard, who is a voting member on the Federal Open Market Committee, said they will need to implement additionally restrictive policies to combat the problem. In fact, Bullard said 5% may be a low estimate for where rates should go, noting that they may reach 7%.
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 7.51 points or -0.02% to 33,546.32
- S&P 500 declined 12.23 points or -0.31% to 3,946.56
- Nasdaq declined 38.7 points or 0.35% to 11,144.96
- Russell 2000 declined 14.04 points or -0.76% to 1,839.12
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite declined 73.38 points or -0.37% to 19,884.58
- TSX 60 declined 2.93 points or -0.24% to 1,207.24
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 540.55 points or -0.49% to 109.702.78
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil decreased 3.738 USD/BBL or -4.37% to 81.852
- Brent decreased 2.933 USD/BBL or -3.16% to 89.927
- Natural gas increased 0.1885 USD/MMBtu or 3.04% to 6.3885
- Gasoline decreased 0.0725 USD/GAL or -2.89% to 2.4355
- Heating oil decreased 0.1207 USD/GAL or -3.34% to 3.4929
The above data was collected around 11:55 EST on Thursday
- Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (3.04%), Lumber (0.47%), Milk (0.29%) and Iron Ore 62% fe (0.81%)
- Top commodity losers: Crude Oil (-4.37%), Brent (-3.16%), Palm Oil (-4.28%) and Palladium (-3.49%)
The above data was collected around 12:07 EST on Thursday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.255%(+1bp), US 2’s 4.46% (+0.100%), US 10’s 3.7620% (+6.8bps); US 30’s 3.88% (+0.023%), Bunds 2.015% (+1.4bp), France 2.491% (+0.2bp), Italy 3.926% (-1.5bp), Turkey 11.51% (-7bp), Greece 4.287% (+2.2bp), Portugal 2.991% (+0.8bp); Spain 3.055% (+2.4bp) and UK Gilts 3.200% (+5.7bp).
