ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 293.48 points or -1.08% to 26,799.71
- Shanghai decreased 15.72 points or -0.49% to 3,195.52
- Hang Seng closed
- ASX 200 closed
- Kospi decreased 2.85 points or -0.11% to 2,693.21
- SENSEX decreased 1,172.19 points or -2.01% to 57,166.74
- Nifty50 decreased 302.00 points or -1.73% to 17,173.65
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00461 or -0.62% to 0.73507
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00493 or -0.73% to 0.67196
- USDJPY increased 0.44 or 0.35% to 126.904
- USDCNY decreased 0.00163 or -0.03% to 6.37900
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 10.64 USD/t oz. or 0.54% to 1,985.18
- Silver increased 0.312 USD/t. oz or 1.21% to 25.992
Some economic news from last night:
China:
Fixed Asset Investment (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 12.2% to 9.3%
GDP (QoQ) (Q1) decreased from 1.6% to 1.3%
GDP (YoY) (Q1) increased from 4.0% to 4.8%
Chinese GDP YTD (YoY) (Q1) decreased from 8.1% to 4.8%
Industrial Production (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 7.5% to 5.0%
Chinese Industrial Production YTD (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 7.5% to 6.5%
Retail Sales (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 6.7% to -3.5%
Chinese Retail Sales YTD (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 6.72% to 3.27%
Chinese Unemployment Rate increased from 5.5% to 5.8%
Singapore:
Non-Oil Exports (MoM) (Mar) increased from -2.90% to -2.30%
Non-Oil Exports (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 9.40% to 7.70%
Trade Balance decreased from 8.286B to 4.172B
Some economic news from today
India:
WPI Food (YoY) (Mar) decreased from 8.19% to 8.06%
WPI Fuel (YoY) (Mar) increased from 31.50% to 34.52%
WPI Inflation (YoY) (Mar) increased from 13.11% to 14.55%
WPI Manufacturing Inflation (YoY) (Mar) increased from 9.84% to 10.71%
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day:
- CAC 40 increased 47.21 points or 0.72% to 6,589.35
- FTSE 100 increased 35.58 points or 0.47% to 7,616.38
- DAX 30 increased 87.41 points or 0.62% to 14,163.85
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00299 or -0.28% to 1.07782
- GBPUSD decreased 0.00471 or -0.36% to 1.30129
- USDCHF increased 0.00144 or 0.15% to 0.94457
Some economic news from Europe today:
Spain:
Spanish Trade Balance increased from -6.50B to -4.30B
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow declined 39.54 points or -0.11% to 34,411.69
- S&P 500 declined -0.9 of a point or -0.02% to 4,391.69
- Nasdaq declined 18.72 points or -0.14% to 13,332.36
- Russell 2000 declined 14.85 points or -0.74% to 1,990.13
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite advanced 22.71 points or 0.1% to 21,878.41
- TSX 60 advanced 0.88 of a point or 0.07% to 1,321.81
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 494.36 points or -0.43% to 115,687.25
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a green day today:
- Crude Oil increased 2.53 USD/BBL or 2.37% to 109.480
- Brent increased 2.95 USD/BBL or 2.64% to 114.55
- Natural gas increased 0.503 USD/MMBtu or 6.87% to 7.8240
- Gasoline increased 0.0671 USD/GAL or 1.99% to 3.4402
- Heating oil increased 0.1512 USD/GAL or 3.95% to 3.9771
The above data was collected around 13:43 EST on Monday
- Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (3.95%) and Natural Gas (6.87%), Steel(3.52%), Orange Juice (5.52%)
- Top commodity losers: Cocoa(-1.90%), Rubber (-3.09%), Feeder Cattle (-1.08%) and Milk (-0.33%)
The above data was collected around 13:52 EST on Monday.
BONDS:
Japan 0.241%(+0.2bp), US 2’s 2.47% (+0.015%), US 10’s 2.8623% (+3.48bps); US 30’s 2.96% (+0.043%), Bunds 0.845% (+0.4bp), France 1.341% (+0.5bp), Italy 2.487% (-3.6bp), Turkey 22.27% (-12bp), Greece 2.921% (-0.3bp), Portugal 1.856% (+0.5bp); Spain 1.792% (-2.1bp) and UK Gilts 1.888% (+8.3bp).
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