Market Talk – October 2, 2024

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 843.21 points or -2.18% to 37,808.76
• Shanghai closed
• Hang Seng increased 1,310.05 points or 6.20% to 22,443.73
• ASX 200 decreased 10.70 points or -0.13% to 8,198.20
• SENSEX closed
• Nifty50 closed

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00025 or 0.04% to 0.68817
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00193 or -0.31% to 0.62627
• USDJPY increased 2.559 or 1.78% to 146.283
• USDCNY increased 0.00682 or 0.10% to 7.03769

The above data was collected around 14:40 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 6.32 USD/t oz. or -0.24% to 2,654.02
•  Silver increased 0.314 USD/t. oz. or 1.00% to 31.680

The above data was collected around 14:43 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 increased 3.52 points or 0.05% to 7,577.59
•  FTSE 100 increased 14.21 points or 0.17% to 8,290.86
•  DAX 30 decreased 48.39 points or -0.25% to 19,164.75

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00249 or -0.23% to 1.10396
• GBPUSD decreased 0.00092 or -0.07% to 1.32651
• USDCHF increased 0.00366 or 0.43% to 0.84987

The above data was collected around 14:48 EST.

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow advanced 39.55 points or 0.09% to 42,196.52
• S&P 500 advanced 0.79 of a point or 0.01% to 5,709.54
• Nasdaq advanced 14.76 points or 0.08% to 17,925.12
• Russell 2000 declined 2.03 points or -0.09% to 2,195.01

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite declined 32.91 points or -0.14% to 24,001.08
• TSX 60 declined 2.33 points or -0.16% to 1,437.4

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa advanced 981.62 points or 0.74% to 133,467.78

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 0.621 USD/BBL or 0.89% to 70.451
•  Brent increased 0.612 USD/BBL or 0.83% to 74.172
• Natural gas increased 0.0236 USD/MMBtu or 0.81% to 2.9196
•  Gasoline increased 0.0084 USD/GAL or 0.42% to 1.9930
•  Heating oil decreased 0.0063 USD/GAL or -0.29% to 2.1887

The above data was collected around 15:07 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Wheat (2.38%), Lead (2.13%), Palm Oil (4.71%) and Nickel (3.01%)
•  Top commodity losers: HRC Steel (-1.38%), Coffee (-2.85%), Orange Juice (-1.72%) and Sugar (-1.60%)

The above data was collected around 15:13 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 0.8200% (-3.26bp), US 2’s 3.65% (+0.030%), US 10’s 3.7870% (+5bps); US 30’s 4.13% (+0.058%), Bunds 2.1000% (+5.7bp), France 2.864% (+4.3bp), Italy 3.4280% (+5.1bp), Turkey 29.060% (+34bp), Greece 3.116% (+7.3bp), Portugal 2.6700% (+4.1bp); Spain 2.899% (+5.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.0250% (+8.1bp)

The above data was collected around 15:18 EST.