Market Talk – October 5, 2023

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 548.48 points or 1.80% to 31,075.36
• Shanghai closed
• Hang Seng increased 18.03 points or 0.10% to 17,213.87
• ASX 200 increased 35.30 points or 0.51% to 6,925.50
• Kospi decreased 2.09 points or -0.09% to 2,403.60
• SENSEX increased 405.53 points or 0.62% to 65,631.57
• Nifty50 increased 109.65 points or 0.56% to 19,545.75

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00341 or 0.54% to 0.63571
• NZDUSD increased 0.00437 or 0.74% to 0.59567
• USDJPY decreased 0.726 or -0.49% to 148.394
• USDCNY decreased 0.00684 or -0.09% to 7.30986

The above data was collected around 13.03 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 4.13 USD/t oz. or -0.23% to 1,816.95
• Silver decreased 0.115 USD/t. oz or -0.55% to 20.845

The above data was collected around 13:05 EST.

Some economic news from last night:

Australia:

Trade Balance (Aug) increased from 7.324B to 9.640B

No economic news from today:

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 1.52 points or 0.02% to 6,998.25
• FTSE 100 increased 39.09 points or 0.53% to 7,451.54
• DAX 30 decreased 29.70 points or -0.20% to 15,070.22

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00265 or 0.25% to 1.05295
• GBPUSD increased 0.00427 or 0.35% to 1.21707
• USDCHF decreased 0.00301 or -0.33% to 0.91399

The above data was collected around 13:10 EST.

Some economic news from Europe today:

Germany:

German Trade Balance (Aug) decreased from 17.7B to 16.6B

UK:

S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction PMI (Sep) decreased from 50.8 to 45.0

US/AMERICAS:

The U.S. labor market remained strong as September came to a close, with weekly jobless claims holding around recent lows, according to the Labor Department. Initial filings for unemployment benefits totaled a seasonally adjusted 207,000 for the week ended September 30, up just 2,000 from the previous period and below the Dow Jones consensus estimate of 210,000. Continuing claims, which run a week behind, were little changed at 1.664 million, below the 1.68 million estimate. The four-week moving average of claims, which smooths out volatility, fell to 208,750, a decline of 2,500. Following the report, stock market futures added to losses while Treasury yields moved higher. Dow futures were down about 100 points, while the benchmark 10-year note yielded 4.76%, up nearly 3 basis points, or 0.03 percentage point, on the session. Earlier in the week, the Labor Department reported an unexpected surge in job openings, indicating that employers are still having trouble filling positions. However, ADP reported on Wednesday that private payrolls grew by just a net 89,000, well below Wall Street expectations.

US Market Closings:

• Dow declined 9.98 points or -0.03% to 33,119.57
• S&P 500 declined 5.56 points or -0.13% to 4,258.19
• Nasdaq declined 16.18 points or -0.12% to 13,219.83
• Russell 2000 advanced 2.5 points or 0.14% to 1,731.51

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite advanced 103 points or 0.54% to 19,137.81
• TSX 60 advanced 6.13 points or 0.54% to 1,149.03

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa declined 183.8 points or -0.16% to 113,423.65

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 1.639 USD/BBL or -1.95% to 82.581
• Brent decreased 1.713 USD/BBL or -2.00% to 84.097
• Natural gas increased 0.2089 USD/MMBtu or 7.05% to 3.1709
• Gasoline decreased 0.0097 USD/GAL or -0.44% to 2.1883
• Heating oil decreased 0.1368 USD/GAL or -4.53% to 2.8810

The above data was collected around 13:12 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (7.05%), HRC Steel (2.09%), Orange Juice (2.73%) and Wheat (3.15%)
• Top commodity losers: Coal (-3.45%), Palm Oil (-2.91%), Rapeseed (-3.19%) and Heating Oil (-4.53%)

The above data was collected around 13:19 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 0.808% (+0.2bp), US 2’s 5.02% (-0.032%), US 10’s 4.7144% (-2.06bps); US 30’s 4.88% (-0.001%), Bunds 2.870% (-7.1bp), France 3.456% (-4.3bp), Italy 4.897% (+0.8bp), Turkey 25.16% (+24bp), Greece 4.357% (-6bp), Portugal 3.636% (-2.8bp); Spain 3.991% (-4.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.545% (-3.8bp)

The above data was collected around 13:23 EST.