ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 42.50 points or 0.15% to 27,820.40
- Shanghai increased 55.67 points or 1.76% to 3,211.81
- Hang Seng increased 842.94 points or 4.51% to 19,518.29
- Kospi decreased 15.01 points or -0.62% to 2,419.32
- ASX 200 increased 24.10 points or 0.33% to 7,325.60
- SENSEX decreased 33.90 points or -0.05% to 62,834.60
- Nifty50 increased 4.95 points or 0.03% to 18,701.05
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00962 or -1.42% to 0.67009
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00928 or -1.45% to 0.63152
- USDJPY increased 2.353 or 1.75% to 136.670
- USDCNY decreased 0.0406 or -0.58% to 6.97700
Precious Metals:
- Gold decreased 30.68 USD/t oz. or -1.71% to 1,767.14
- Silver decreased 0.916 USD/t. oz or -3.96% to 22.211
Some economic news from last night:
China:
Caixin Services PMI (Nov) decreased from 48.4 to 46.7
Japan:
Services PMI (Nov) increased from 50.0 to 50.3
Hong Kong:
Manufacturing PMI (Nov) decreased from 49.3 to 48.7
Some economic news from today:
India:
Nikkei Services PMI (Nov) increased from 55.1 to 56.4
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day:
- CAC 40 decreased 45.29 points or -0.67% to 6,696.96
- FTSE 100 increased 11.31 points or 0.15% to 7,567.54
- DAX 30 decreased 81.78 points or -0.56% to 14,447.61
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.0053 or -0.50% to 1.04871
- GBPUSD decreased 0.01205 or -0.98% to 1.21701
- USDCHF increased 0.006 or 0.64% to 0.94270
Some economic news from Europe today:
Germany:
German Services PMI (Nov) decreased from 46.5 to 46.1
Spain:
Spanish Services PMI (Nov) increased from 49.7 to 51.2
Italy:
Italian Services PMI (Nov) increased from 46.4 to 49.5
France:
French Services PMI (Nov) decreased from 51.7 to 49.3
UK:
Composite PMI (Nov) remain the same at 48.2
Services PMI (Nov) remain the same at 48.8
Euro Zone:
S&P Global Composite PMI (Nov) increased from 47.3 to 47.8
Services PMI (Nov) decreased from 48.6 to 48.5
Retail Sales (MoM) (Oct) decreased from 0.8% to -1.8%
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 482.78 points or -1.4% to 33,947.1
- S&P 500 declined 72.86 points or -1.79% to 3,998.84
- Nasdaq declined 221.56 points or -1.93% to 11,239.94
- Russell 2000 declined 52.62 points or -2.78% to 1,840.22
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite declined 243.4 points or -1.9% to 20,242.26
- TSX 60 declined 12.91 points or -1.04% to 1,226.23
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 2,522.52 points or -2.25% to 109,401.41
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a negative day today:
- Crude Oil decreased 2.733 USD/BBL or -3.42% to 77.247
- Brent decreased 2.898 USD/BBL or -3.39% to 82.672
- Natural gas decreased 0.6825 USD/MMBtu or -10.87% to 5.5985
- Gasoline decreased 0.0742 USD/GAL or -3.25% to 2.2062
- Heating oil decreased 0.163 USD/GAL or -5.14% to 3.0055
The above data was collected around 14:30 EST on Monday
- Top commodity gainers: Coal (2.30%), Steel (1.22%), Potatoes (2.05%) and Zinc (1.19%)
- Top commodity losers: Heating Oil (-5.14%), Crude Oil (-3.42%), Silver (-3.96%) and Natural Gas (-10.87%)
The above data was collected around 14:37 EST Monday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.251%(-0.4bp), US 2’s 4.39% (+0.105%), US 10’s 3.5993% (+9.63bps); US 30’s 3.63% (+0.065%), Bunds 1.892% (+3.7bp), France 2.331% (+3.3bp), Italy 3.754% (+0.2bp), Turkey 10.48% (+4bp), Greece 3.873% (+0.1bp), Portugal 2.815% (+2.1bp); Spain 2.88% (+2.5bp) and UK Gilts 3.096% (-5.1bp).