Market Talk – July 6, 2022

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 315.82 points or -1.20% to 26,107.65

• Shanghai decreased 48.68 points or -1.43% to 3,355.35

• Hang Seng decreased 266.41 points or -1.22% to 21,586.66

• ASX 200 decreased 34.80 points or -0.52% to 6,594.50

• Kospi decreased 49.77 points or -2.13% to 2,292.01

• SENSEX increased 616.62 points or 1.16% to 53,750.97

• Nifty50 increased 178.95 points or 1.13% to 15,989.80

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.0022 or -0.32% to 0.67702

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00323 or -0.52% to 0.61357

• USDJPY increased 0.209 or 0.15% to 135.687

• USDCNY increased 0.00328 or 0.05% to 6.71508

Precious Metals:

l Gold decreased 31.57 USD/t oz. or -1.79% to 1,732.78

l Silver decreased 0.089 USD/t. oz or -0.47% to 19.103

Some economic news from last night:

Hong Kong:

Manufacturing PMI (Jun) decreased from 54.9 to 52.4

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day:

l CAC 40 increased 117.42 points or 2.03% to 5,912.38

l FTSE 100 increased 82.30 points or 1.17% to 7,107.77

l DAX 30 increased 193.32 points or 1.56% to 12,594.52

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00936 or -0.91% to 1.01696

• GBPUSD decreased 0.0054 or -0.45% to 1.18965

• USDCHF increased 0.00348 or 0.36% to 0.97178

Some economic news from Europe today:

Germany:

German Factory Orders (MoM) (May) increased from -1.8% to 0.1%

IHS S&P Global Construction PMI (Jun) increased from 45.4 to 45.9

Spain:

Spanish Industrial Production (YoY) (May) increased from 2.3% to 3.8%

UK:

Construction PMI (Jun) decreased from 56.4 to 52.6

Housing Equity Withdrawal (QoQ) increased from -10.4B to -6.9B

Euro Zone:

Retail Sales (YoY) (May) decreased from 4.0% to 0.2%

Retail Sales (MoM) (May) increased from -1.4% to 0.2%

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow advanced 69.86 points or 0.23% to 31,037.68
• S&P 500 advanced 13.69 points or 0.36% to 3,845.08
• Nasdaq advanced 39.61 points or 0.35% to 11,361.85
• Russell 2000 declined 13.78 points or -0.79% to 1,727.55

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite declined 104.5 points or -0.55% to 18,729.66
• TSX 60 declined 6.62 points or -0.58% to 1,140.84

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced 424.34 points or 0.43% to 98,718.98

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 2.92 USD/BBL or -2.93% to 96.560

• Brent decreased 3.12 USD/BBL or -3.04% to 99.65

• Natural gas increased 0.02 USD/MMBtu or 0.36% to 5.5430

• Gasoline decreased 0.1112 USD/GAL or -3.34% to 3.2178

• Heating oil decreased 0.2158 USD/GAL or -5.99% to 3.3858

• Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (6.10%), Oat (2.12%), Lean Hogs (1.29%) and Aluminum (1.25%)

• Top commodity losers: Brent (-3.04%), Gasoline (-3.34%), Bitumen (-3.97%) and Heating Oil (-5.99%)

The above data was collected around 12:37 EST on Wednesday.

BONDS:

Japan 0.245%(+2.5bp), US 2’s 2.91% (+0.090%), US 10’s 2.8931% (+8.21bps); US 30’s 3.12% (+0.085%), Bunds 1.169% (-1.8bp), France 1.7770% (-3.3bp), Italy 3.278% (+0.7bp), Turkey 18.17% (-8bp), Greece 3.301% (-10.6bp), Portugal 2.307% (-0.6bp); Spain 2.292% (-1.4bp) and UK Gilts 2.1010% (+4.8bp).

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