ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 30.80 points or -0.11% to 27,899.77
- Shanghai decreased 18.19 points or -0.58% to 3,097.24
- Hang Seng decreased 53.12 points or -0.29% to 17,992.54
- Kospi increased 1.58 points or 0.06% to 2,444.48
- ASX 200 increased 16.10 points or 0.23% to 7,151.80
- SENSEX decreased 87.12 points or -0.14% to 61,663.48
- Nifty50 decreased 36.25 points or -0.20% to 18,307.65
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00188 or -0.28% to 0.66699
- NZDUSD increased 0.00248 or 0.40% to 0.61508
- USDJPY decreased 0.198 or -0.14% to 140.145
- USDCNY decreased 0.02451 or -0.34% to 7.12169
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 8.71 USD/t oz. or -0.49% to 1,752.16
- Silver decreased 0.007 USD/t. oz or -0.03% to 20.943
Some economic news from last night:
Japan:
National Core CPI (YoY) (Oct) increased from 3.0% to 3.6%
National CPI (MoM) increased from 0.3% to 0.6%
Some economic news from today:
India:
Bank Loan Growth decreased from 17.9% to 17.0%
Deposit Growth decreased from 9.5% to 8.2%
FX Reserves, USD increased from 529.99B to 544.72B
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day:
- CAC 40 increased 68.34 points or 1.04% to 6,644.46
- FTSE 100 increased 38.98 points or 0.53% to 7,385.52
- DAX 30 increased 165.48 points or 1.16% to 14,431.86
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00196 or -0.19% to 1.03423
- GBPUSD increased 0.00311 or 0.26% to 1.18912
- USDCHF increased 0.0015 or 0.16% to 0.95300
Some economic news from Europe today:
UK:
Core Retail Sales (YoY) (Oct) decreased from -6.1% to -6.7%
Core Retail Sales (MoM) (Oct) increased from -1.5% to 0.3%
Retail Sales (YoY) (Oct) increased from -6.8% to -6.1%
Retail Sales (MoM) (Oct) increased from -1.5% to 0.6%
Swiss:
Industrial Production (QoQ) increased from 5.0% to 5.2%
US/AMERICAS:
Home sales in the US declined for the ninth consecutive month in October, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales declined 5.9% from the month prior, marking the slowest pace of home sales since December 2011. Home sales have declined 28.4% YoY and are down to a seasonally adjusted pace of 4.43 million units. Supply remains restricted as there were 1.22 million available units marking a 1% YoY and monthly decline.
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 200.62 points to 0.6% to 33,746.94
- S&P 500 advanced 19.01 points or 0.48% to 3,965.57
- Nasdaq advanced 1.11 points or 0.01% to 11,146.06
- Russell 2000 advanced 10.61 points or 0.58% to 1,849.73
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 96.33 points or 0.48% to 19,980.91
- TSX 60 advanced 6.21 points or 0.51% to 1,213.45
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 832.61 points or -0.76% to 108,870.17
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a negative day today:
- Crude Oil decreased 2.67 USD/BBL or -3.27% to 78.971
- Brent decreased 2.921 USD/BBL or -3.25% to 86.859
- Natural gas decreased 0.0569 USD/MMBtu or -0.89% to 6.3121
- Gasoline decreased 0.0315 USD/GAL or -1.28% to 2.4232
- Heating oil decreased 0.0466 USD/GAL or -1.32% to 3.4782
The above data was collected around 12:50 EST on Friday
- Top commodity gainers: Sugar (1.77%), Bitumen (1.01%), Aluminum (1.38%) and Zinc (1.66%)
- Top commodity losers: Crude Oil (-3.27%), Brent (-3.25%), Lumber (-1.57%) and Palladium (-2.86%)
The above data was collected around 12:56 EST on Friday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.26%(+1.6bp), US 2’s 4.51% (+0.051%), US 10’s 3.8139% (+4.09bps); US 30’s 3.92% (+0.033%), Bunds 2.02% (-1bp), France 2.487% (-1.9bp), Italy 3.897% (-4bp), Turkey 11.33% (-18bp), Greece 4.224% (-6.9bp), Portugal 2.96% (-3.9bp); Spain 3.05% (-0.4bp) and UK Gilts 3.243% (+4.4bp).
