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Market Talk – July 1, 2024
ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had mixed day today:
- NIKKEI 225 increased 47.98 points or 0.12% to 39,631.06
- Shanghai increased 27.33 points or 0.92% to 2,994.73
- Hang Seng closed
- ASX 200 decreased 16.80 points or -0.22% to 7,750.70
- Kospi increased 6.49 points or 0.23% to 2,804.31
- SENSEX increased 443.46 points or 0.56% to 79,476.19
- Nifty50 increased 131.35 points or 0.55% to 24,141.95
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
- AUDUSD decreased 0.00148 or -0.22% to 0.66548
- NZDUSD decreased 0.00183 or -0.30% to 0.60723
- USDJPY increased 0.672 or 0.42% to 161.511
- USDCNY increased 0.003 or 0.04% to 7.30251
The above data was collected around 12:15 EST.
Precious Metals:
- Gold increased 2.98 USD/t oz. or 0.13% to 2,329.41
- Silver increased 0.154 USD/t. oz or 0.53% to 29.288
The above data was collected around 12:17 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:
- CAC 40 increased 81.73 points or 1.09% to 7,561.13
- FTSE 100 increased 2.64 points, or 0.03% to 8,166.76
- DAX 30 increased 55.21 points or 0.30% to 18,290.66
The major Europe currency markets had a green day today:
- EURUSD increased 0.00182 or 0.17% to 1.07304
- GBPUSD increased 0.00086 or 0.07% to 1.26535
- USDCHF increased 0.00515 or 0.57% to 0.90370
The above data was collected around 12:18 EST.
US/AMERICAS:
US Market Closings:
- Dow advanced 50.66 points or 0.13% to 39,169.52
- S&P 500 advanced 14.61 points or 0.27% to 5,475.09
- Nasdaq advanced 146.7 points or 0.83% to 17,879.3
- Russell 2000 declined 17.62 points or -0.86% to 2,030.07
Canada Market Closings:
- TSX Composite declined 66.37 points or -0.3% to 21,875.79
- TSX 60 declined 4.87 points or -0.37% to 1,304.8
Brazil Market Closing:
- Bovespa advanced 858.47 points or 0.69% to 124,765.02
ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
- Crude Oil increased 1.381 USD/BBL or 1.69% to 82.921
- Brent increased 1.307 USD/BBL or 1.54% to 86.307
- Natural gas decreased 0.1017 USD/MMBtu or -3.91% to 2.4993
- Gasoline increased 0.0434 USD/GAL or 1.72% to 2.5655
- Heating oil increased 0.059 USD/GAL or 2.32% to 2.5981
The above data was collected around 12:23 EST.
- Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (2.32%), Palm Oil (2.43%), Rapeseed (1.99%), and Cotton (8.26%)
- Top commodity losers: Corn (-6.49%), Cocoa (-2.85%), Lumber (-2.33%), and Natural Gas (-3.91%)
The above data was collected around 12:52 EST.
BONDS:
Japan 1.064%(+1.58bp), US 2’s 4.79% (+0.021%), US 10’s 4.4880%(+7.61bps); US 30’s 4.65% (+0.083%), Bunds 2.6030% (+11.8bp), France 3.302% (+1.4bp), Italy 4.104% (+2.8bp), Turkey 28.220% (+170bp), Greece 3.736% (+0.2bp), Portugal 3.292% (+5.3bp), Spain 3.458% (+4.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.286% (+10.93bp).
The above data was collected around 12.56 EST.
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