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    Market Talk – October 4, 2024

    Team_NationalNewsBriefBy Team_NationalNewsBriefOctober 4, 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 83.56 points or 0.22% to 38,635.62

    • Shanghai closed

    • Hang Seng increased 623.36 points or 2.82% to 22,736.87

    • ASX 200 decreased 55.20 points or -0.67% to 8,150.00

    • SENSEX decreased 808.65 points or -0.98% to 81,688.45

    • Nifty50 decreased 235.50 points or -0.93% to 25,014.60

    The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • AUDUSD decreased 0.00534 or -0.78% to 0.67966

    • NZDUSD decreased 0.0058 or -0.93% to 0.61584

    • USDJPY increased 2.013 or 1.37% to 148.858

    • USDCNY increased 0.05283 or 0.75% to 7.10059

    The above data was collected around 13:34 EST.

    Precious Metals:

    •  Gold decreased 6.69 USD/t oz. or -0.25% to 2,649.07

    •  Silver increased 0.138 USD/t. oz. or 0.43% to 32.181

    The above data was collected around 13:44 EST.

    EUROPE/EMEA:

    The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

    •  CAC 40 increased 63.58 points or 0.85% to 7,541.36

    •  FTSE 100 decreased 1.89 points or -0.02% to 8,280.63

    •  DAX 30 increased 105.52 points or 0.55% to 19,120.93

    The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

    • EURUSD decreased 0.00683 or -0.62% to 1.09668

    • GBPUSD decreased 0.00084 or -0.06% to 1.31201

    • USDCHF increased 0.00683 or 0.80% to 0.85865

    The above data was collected around 13:55 EST.

    US/AMERICAS:

    US Market Closings:

    • Dow advanced 336.15 points or 0.8% to 42,348.74
    • S&P 500 advanced 51.13 point or 0.9% to 5,751.07
    • Nasdaq advanced 219.37 points or 1.22% to 18,137.85
    • Russell 2000 advanced 32.65 points or 1.5% to 2,212.8

     

    Canada Market Closings:

    • TSX Composite advanced 194.33 points or 0.81% to 24,162.83
    • TSX 60 advanced 11.59 points or 0.81% to 1,445.88

     

    Brazil Market Closing:

    • Bovespa advanced 249.93 points or 0.19% to 131,921.44

    ENERGY:

    The oil markets had a mixed day today:

    •  Crude Oil increased 1.713 USD/BBL or 2.32% to 75.423

    •  Brent increased 1.567 USD/BBL or 2.02% to 79.187

    •  Natural gas decreased 0.1116 USD/MMBtu or -3.76% to 2.8584

    •  Gasoline increased 0.0176 USD/GAL or 0.84% to 2.1164

    •  Heating oil increased 0.0416 USD/GAL or 1.81% to 2.3424

    The above data was collected around 13:59 EST.

    •  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (2.32%), Brent (2.02%), Palm Oil (4.02%) and Cheese (4.50%)

    •  Top commodity losers: Natural Gas (-3.76%), Wheat (-2.70%), Cocoa (-1.61%) and Milk (-1.49%)

    The above data was collected around 14:04 EST.

    BONDS:

    Japan 0.8860% (+5.89bp), US 2’s 3.92% (+0.202%), US 10’s 3.9740% (+12.2bps); US 30’s 4.26% (+0.079%), Bunds 2.2130% (+7.6bp), France 2.989% (+5.4bp), Italy 3.5120% (+3.4bp), Turkey 29.765% (+204.5bp), Greece 3.146% (-0.1bp), Portugal 2.7340% (+3bp); Spain 2.958% (+1.6bp) and UK Gilts 4.1320% (+10.94bp)

    The above data was collected around 14:08 EST.



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