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    Market Talk – October 2, 2024

    Team_NationalNewsBriefBy Team_NationalNewsBriefOctober 2, 2024 World Economy No Comments3 Mins Read
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    ASIA:

     

    The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

    • NIKKEI 225 decreased 843.21 points or -2.18% to 37,808.76
    • Shanghai closed
    • Hang Seng increased 1,310.05 points or 6.20% to 22,443.73
    • ASX 200 decreased 10.70 points or -0.13% to 8,198.20
    • SENSEX closed
    • Nifty50 closed

     

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD increased 0.00025 or 0.04% to 0.68817
    • NZDUSD decreased 0.00193 or -0.31% to 0.62627
    • USDJPY increased 2.559 or 1.78% to 146.283
    • USDCNY increased 0.00682 or 0.10% to 7.03769

     

    The above data was collected around 14:40 EST.

     

     

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold decreased 6.32 USD/t oz. or -0.24% to 2,654.02
    •  Silver increased 0.314 USD/t. oz. or 1.00% to 31.680

    The above data was collected around 14:43 EST.

     

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 increased 3.52 points or 0.05% to 7,577.59
    •  FTSE 100 increased 14.21 points or 0.17% to 8,290.86
    •  DAX 30 decreased 48.39 points or -0.25% to 19,164.75

     

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00249 or -0.23% to 1.10396
    • GBPUSD decreased 0.00092 or -0.07% to 1.32651
    • USDCHF increased 0.00366 or 0.43% to 0.84987

     

    The above data was collected around 14:48 EST.

     

    US/AMERICAS:

     

    US Market Closings:

    • Dow advanced 39.55 points or 0.09% to 42,196.52
    • S&P 500 advanced 0.79 of a point or 0.01% to 5,709.54
    • Nasdaq advanced 14.76 points or 0.08% to 17,925.12
    • Russell 2000 declined 2.03 points or -0.09% to 2,195.01

     

    Canada Market Closings:

    • TSX Composite declined 32.91 points or -0.14% to 24,001.08
    • TSX 60 declined 2.33 points or -0.16% to 1,437.4

     

    Brazil Market Closing:

    • Bovespa advanced 981.62 points or 0.74% to 133,467.78

     

    ENERGY:

     

    The oil markets had a mixed day today:

     

    •  Crude Oil increased 0.621 USD/BBL or 0.89% to 70.451
    •  Brent increased 0.612 USD/BBL or 0.83% to 74.172
    • Natural gas increased 0.0236 USD/MMBtu or 0.81% to 2.9196
    •  Gasoline increased 0.0084 USD/GAL or 0.42% to 1.9930
    •  Heating oil decreased 0.0063 USD/GAL or -0.29% to 2.1887

     

    The above data was collected around 15:07 EST.

     

    •  Top commodity gainers: Wheat (2.38%), Lead (2.13%), Palm Oil (4.71%) and Nickel (3.01%)
    •  Top commodity losers: HRC Steel (-1.38%), Coffee (-2.85%), Orange Juice (-1.72%) and Sugar (-1.60%)

     

    The above data was collected around 15:13 EST.

     

     

    BONDS:

     

    Japan 0.8200% (-3.26bp), US 2’s 3.65% (+0.030%), US 10’s 3.7870% (+5bps); US 30’s 4.13% (+0.058%), Bunds 2.1000% (+5.7bp), France 2.864% (+4.3bp), Italy 3.4280% (+5.1bp), Turkey 29.060% (+34bp), Greece 3.116% (+7.3bp), Portugal 2.6700% (+4.1bp); Spain 2.899% (+5.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.0250% (+8.1bp)

     

    The above data was collected around 15:18 EST.



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