Market Talk – October 13, 2023
ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:
- NIKKEI 225 decreased 178.67 points or -0.55% to 32,315.99
- Shanghai decreased 19.80 points or -0.64% to 3,088.10
- Hang Seng decreased 424.76 points or -2.33% to 17,813.45
- ASX 200 decreased 40.00 points or -0.56% to 7,051.00
- Kospi decreased 23.67 points or -0.95% to 2,456.15
- SENSEX decreased 125.65 points or -0.19% to 66,282.74
- Nifty50 decreased 42.95 points or -0.22% to 19,751.05
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00272 or -0.43% to 0.62868
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00396 or -0.67% to 0.58874
- USDJPY increased 0.179 or -0.12% to 149.621
- USDCNY increased 0.00137 or 0.02% to 7.31107
The above data was collected around 11:53 EST.
Precious Metals:
Gold increased 54.16 USD/t oz. or 2.90% to 1,922.81
Silver increased 0.901 USD/t. oz or 4.13%% to 22.741
The above data was collected around 11:58 EST.
Some economic news from last night:
China:
CPI (MoM) (Sep) decreased from 0.3% to 0.2%
CPI (YoY) (Sep) decreased from 0.1% to 0.0%
PPI (YoY) (Sep) increased from -3.0% to -2.5%
Exports (YoY) (Sep) increased from -8.8% to -6.2%
Imports (YoY) (Sep) increased from -7.3% to -6.2%
Trade Balance (USD) (Sep) increased from 68.36B to 77.71B
Some economic news from today:
China:
New Loans (Sep) increased from 1,360.0B to 2,310.0B
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:
- CAC 40 decreased 101.00 points or -1.42% to 7,003.53
- FTSE 100 decreased 45.18 points, or -0.59% to 7,599.60
- DAX 30 decreased 238.37 points or -1.55% to 15,186.66
The major Europe currency markets had a negative day today:
- EURUSD decreased 0.00251 or -0.24% to 1.05009
- GBPUSD decreased 0.00362 or -0.30% to 1.21368
- USDCHF decreased 0.00639 or -0.70% to 0.90181
The above data was collected around 11:59 EST.
Some economic news from Europe today:
Swiss:
PPI (MoM) (Sep) increased from -0.2% to -0.1%
Spain:
Spanish CPI (YoY) (Sep) increased from 2.6% to 3.5%
Spanish HICP (YoY) (Sep) increased from 2.4% to 3.3%
France:
French CPI (MoM) (Sep) decreased from 1.0% to -0.5%
French HICP (MoM) (Sep) decreased from 1.1% to -0.6%
Euro Zone:
Industrial Production (MoM) (Aug) increased from -1.1% to 0.6%
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 39.15 points or 0.12% to 33,670.29
- S&P 500 declined 21.83 points or -0.5% to 4,327.78
- Nasdaq declined 166.99 points or -1.23% to 13,407.23
- Russell 2000 declined 14.54 points or -0.84% to 1,719.71
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite declined 37.38 points or -0.19% to 19,462.86
- TSX 60 declined 2.84 points or -0.24% to 1,169.97
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa declined 1,317.6 points or -1.13% to 115,733.14
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 3.494 USD/BBL or 4.21% to 86.404
- Brent increased 3.497 USD/BBL or 4.07% to 89.497
- Natural gas decreased 0.1184 USD/MMBtu or -3.54% to 3.2256
- Gasoline increased 0.0889 USD/GAL or 4.11% to 2.2539
- Heating oil increased 0.129 USD/GAL or 4.24% to 3.1739
The above data was collected around 12:02 EST.
- Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (4.21%), Heating Oil (4.24%), Silver (4.13%), and Rhodium (9.20%)
- Top commodity losers: Milk (-0.77%), Palladium (-1.06%), Orange Juice (-1.12%), and Natural Gas (-3.54%)
The above data was collected around 12:13 EST.
BONDS:
Japan 0.765%(+1bp), US 2’s 5.05% (-0.019%), US 10’s 4.6269%(-8.41bps); US 30’s 4.78% (-0.091%), Bunds 2.73% (-5.3bp), France 3.312% (-3bp), Italy 4.778% (+2bp), Turkey 25.65% (+4bp), Greece 4.292% (+4.1bp), Portugal 3.506% (+0.2bp), Spain 3.876% (-2bp) and UK Gilts 4.384% (-4.1bp).
The above data was collected around 12:20 EST.
