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    Market Talk – October 18, 2024

    Team_NationalNewsBriefBy Team_NationalNewsBriefOctober 18, 2024 World Economy No Comments3 Mins Read
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    ASIA:

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 increased 70.56 points or 0.18% to 38,981.75

    • Shanghai increased 92.18 points or 2.91% to 3,261.56

    • Hang Seng increased 725.01 points or 3.61% to 20,804.11

    • ASX 200 decreased 72.70 points or -0.87% to 8,283.20

    • SENSEX increased 218.14 points or 0.27% to 81,224.75

    • Nifty50 increased 104.20 points or 0.42% to 24,854.05

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.0005 or 0.07% to 0.67043

    • NZDUSD increased 0.00082 or 0.14% to 0.60680

    • USDJPY decreased 0.58 or -0.39% to 149.545

    • USDCNY decreased 0.01935 or -0.27% to 7.11845

    The above data was collected around 12:17 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold increased 22.41 USD/t oz. or 0.83% to 2,716.14

    •  Silver increased 0.964 USD/t. oz. or 3.03% to 32.744

    The above data was collected around 11:19 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 increased 29.32 points or 0.39% to 7,613.05

    •  FTSE 100 decreased 26.88 points or -0.32% to 8,358.25

    •  DAX 30 increased 73.98 points or 0.38% to 19,657.37

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD increased 0.00314 or 0.29% to 1.08604

    • GBPUSD increased 0.0017 or 0.13% to 1.30317

    • USDCHF decreased 0.00039 or -0.05% to 0.86568

    The above data was collected around 12:23 EST.

    US/AMERICAS:

     

    US Market Closings:

    • Dow advanced 36.86 points or 0.09% to 43,275.91
    • S&P 500 advanced 23.2 points or 0.4% to 5,864.67
    • Nasdaq  advanced 115.94 points or 0.63% to 18,489.55
    • Russell 2000 declined 4.76 points or -0.21% to 2,276.09

     

    Canada Market Closings:

    • TSX Composite advanced 132.06 points or 0.53% to 24,822.54
    • TSX 60 advanced 7.21 points or 0.49% to 1,486.05

     

    Brazil Market Closing:

    • Bovespa declined 297.78 points or -0.23% to 130,495.63

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a negative day today:

    •  Crude Oil decreased 0.773 USD/BBL or -1.09% to 69.897

    •  Brent decreased 0.738 USD/BBL or -0.99% to 73.713

    •  Natural gas decreased 0.0739 USD/MMBtu or -3.15% to 2.2731

    •  Gasoline decreased 0.0221 USD/GAL or -1.08% to 2.0202

    •  Heating oil decreased 0.0197 USD/GAL or -0.90% to 2.1739

    The above data was collected around 12:29 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Silver (3.03%), Cheese (7.64%), Palm Oil (2.36%) and Palladium (3.52%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Wheat (-3.14%), Natural Gas (-3.15%), Orange Juice (-3.60%) and Cocoa (-2.81%)

    The above data was collected around 12:39 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 0.9700% (+0.49bp), US 2’s 3.97% (-0.013%), US 10’s 4.0740% (-2.2bps); US 30’s 4.37% (-0.013%), Bunds 2.1795% (-2.25bp), France 2.897% (-4.1bp), Italy 3.3550% (-5bp), Turkey 29.780% (+251bp), Greece 3.014% (-6.1bp), Portugal 2.614% (-2.8bp); Spain 2.870% (-3.6bp) and UK Gilts 4.0540% (-4.51bp)

    The above data was collected around 12:42 EST.



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