Market Talk – February 24, 2023

ASIA:

The key Asian inventory markets had a blended day at this time:

• NIKKEI 225 elevated 349.16 factors or 1.29% to 27,453.48
• Shanghai decreased 20.32 factors or -0.62% to three,267.16
• Hold Seng decreased 341.31 factors or -1.68% to twenty,010.04
• ASX 200 elevated 21.60 factors or 0.30% to 7,307.00
• Kospi decreased 15.48 factors or -0.63% to 2,423.61
• SENSEX decreased 141.87 factors or -0.24% to 59,463.93
• Nifty50 decreased 45.45 factors or -0.26% to 17,465.80

The key Asian forex markets had a blended day at this time:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.0071 or -1.04% to 0.67360
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00616 or -0.99% to 0.61644
• USDJPY elevated 1.636 or 1.21% to 136.336
• USDCNY elevated 0.05776 or 0.84% to six.97506

Treasured Metals:

• Gold decreased 10.21 USD/t oz. or -0.56% to 1,812.43
• Silver decreased 0.405 USD/t. ozor -1.90% to twenty.887

Some financial information from final evening:

Japan:
Nationwide Core CPI (YoY) (Jan) elevated from 4.0% to 4.2%

Some financial information from at this time:

India:

Financial institution Mortgage Development decreased from 16.3% to 16.1%

Deposit Development decreased from 10.5% to 10.2%

FX Reserves, USD decreased from 566.95B to 561.27B

EUROPE/EMEA:

The key Europe inventory markets had a unfavorable day:

• CAC 40 decreased 130.16 factors or -1.78% to 7,187.27
• FTSE 100 decreased 29.06 factors or -0.37% to 7,878.66
• DAX 30 decreased 265.95 factors or -1.72% to fifteen,209.74

The key Europe forex markets had a blended day at this time:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00492 or -0.46% to 1.05458
• GBPUSD decreased 0.0063 or -0.52% to 1.19500
• USDCHF elevated 0.0063 or 0.67% to 0.94010

Some financial information from Europe at this time:

Germany:

German GDP (YoY) (This fall) decreased from 0.5% to 0.3%

German GDP (QoQ) (This fall) decreased from -0.2% to -0.4%

GfK German Client Local weather (Mar) elevated from -33.8 to -30.5

Swiss:
Employment Stage (This fall)  elevated from 5.362M to five.398M

US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

• Dow declined 336.99 factors or -1.02% to 32,816.92
• S&P 500 declined 42.28 factors or -1.05% to three,970.04
• Nasdaq declined 195.46 factors or -1.69% to 11,394.94
• Russell 2000 declined 17.61 factors or -0.92% to 1,890.49

Canada Market Closings:

• TSX Composite superior 31 factors or 0.15% to twenty,219.19
• TSX 60 superior 2.52 factors or 0.21% to 1,218.17

Brazil Market Closing:

• Bovespa declined 1,794.44 factors or -1.67% to 105,798.43

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a blended day at this time:

• Crude Oil elevated 0.566 USD/BBL or 0.75% to 75.956
• Brent elevated 0.835 USD/BBL or 1.02% to 83.045
• Pure gasoline elevated 0.091 USD/MMBtu or 3.74% to 2.5230
• Gasoline decreased 0.0224 USD/GAL or -0.94% to 2.3571
• Heating oil elevated 0.049 USD/GAL or 1.81% to 2.7571

The above information was collected round 12:07 EST on Friday

• Prime commodity gainers: Orange Juice (3.90%), HRC Metal (2.76%), Pure Gasoline (3.74%) and Cotton (3.12%)
• Prime commodity losers: Copper (-2.30%), Platinum (-3.61%), Wheat (-3.41%) and Palladium (-4.38%)

The above information was collected round 12:13 EST Friday.

BONDS:

Japan 0.500% (-0.5bp), US 2’s 4.83% (+0.133%), US 10’s 3.9628% (+8.18bps); US 30’s 3.94% (+0.067%), Bunds 2.538% (+6.3bp), France 3.019% (+7.4bp), Italy 4.437% (+6.7bp), Turkey 10.23% (+0bp), Greece 4.43% (+3.2bp), Portugal 3.445% (+8.6bp); Spain 3.592% (+7.4bp) and UK Gilts 3.661% (+7.1bp).