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ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 685.28 points or 1.32% to 52,518.08

• Shanghai increased 60.25 points or 1.50% to 4,083.667

• Hang Seng increased 363.21 points or 1.38% to 26,710.45

• ASX 200 decreased 45.80 points or -0.52% to 8,682.80

• SENSEX decreased 376.28 points or -0.44% to 85,063.34

• Nifty50 decreased 71.60 points or -0.27% to 26,178.70

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00159 or 0.24% to 0.67299

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00128 or -0.22% to 0.57762

• USDJPY increased 0.362 or 0.23% to 156.718

• USDCNY decreased 0.00179 or -0.03% to 6.98215

The above data was collected around 11:55 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 41.00 USD/t oz. or 0.92% to 4,487.40

• Silver increased 4.122 USD/t. oz. or 5.38% to 80.695

The above data was collected around 11:58 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 25.93 points or 0.32% to 8,237.43

• FTSE 100 increased 118.16 points or 1.18% to 10,122.73

• DAX 30 increased 23.51 points or 0.09% to 24,892.20

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00338 or -0.29% to 1.16880

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00475 or -0.35% to 1.34942

• USDCHF increased 0.00364 or 0.46% to 0.79544

The above data was collected around 11:59 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

• DJIA advanced by 484.90 points (0.99%) to 49,462.08
• S&P 500 advanced by 42.77 points (0.62%) to 6,944.82
• NASDAQ advanced by 151.35 points (0.65%) to 23,547.173
• Russell 2000 advanced by 34.97 points (1.37%) to 2,582.893

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced by 187.07 points (0.58%) to 32,407.02
• TSX 60 advanced by 8.08 points (0.43%) to 1,895.85

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced by 1,795.80 points (1.11%) to 163,665.56

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.392 USD/BBL or -0.67% to 57.928

• Brent decreased 0.288 USD/BBL or -0.47% to 61.472

• Natural gas decreased 0.1275 USD/MMBtu or -3.62% to 3.3955

• Gasoline increased 0.0048 USD/GAL or 0.28% to 1.7216

• Heating oil decreased 0.0332 USD/GAL or -1.55% to 2.1096

The above data was collected around 12:02 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Lithium (6.69%), Nickel (7.25%), Palladium (8.07%) and Platinum (7.50%)

• Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-3.62%), Soda Ash (-1.63%), Titanium (-2.17%) and Cocoa (-1.86%)

The above data was collected around 12:09 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1300% (+1.03bp), US 2’s 3.49% (+0.023%), US 10’s 4.1880% (+2.1bps); US 30’s 4.88 (+0.020%), Bunds 2.8443% (-2.87bp), France 3.554% (-1.79bp), Italy 3.4950% (-3.43bp), Turkey 29.105% (+198.5bp), Greece 3.446% (-3.4bp), Portugal 3.150% (-5.9bp); Spain 3.28% (-2.8bp) and UK Gilts 4.487% (-2bp)

The above data was collected around 12:12 EST.

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