Welcome to Extreme Investor Network, where we provide you with the latest and most valuable information in the world of economics. Today, we are looking at the major stock markets and currency movements in Asia, Europe/EMEA, and the US/Americas.
**Asia:**
In Asia, the major stock markets had a mixed day today. The NIKKEI 225 increased by 1.00% to 37,438.61, while the Shanghai market decreased by -0.67% to 3,044.60. The Hang Seng saw an increase of 1.77% to 16,511.69, and the ASX 200 increased by 1.08% to 7,649.20. The currency markets in Asia had a positive day, with the AUDUSD increasing by 0.33% to 0.64380, the NZDUSD increasing by 0.36% to 0.59080, the USDJPY increasing by 0.09% to 154.774, and the USDCNY increasing by 0.03% to 7.25210.
**Europe/EMEA:**
In Europe, the major stock markets had a green day today. The CAC 40 increased by 0.22% to 8,040.36, the FTSE 100 increased by 1.62% to 8,023.87, and the DAX 30 increased by 0.70% to 17.860.80. The currency markets in Europe had a mixed day, with the EURUSD decreasing by -0.12% to 1.06433, the GBPUSD decreasing by -0.26% to 1.23362, and the USDCHF increasing by 0.21% to 0.91230.
**US/Americas:**
In the US, the market closings showed positive results. The Dow advanced by 0.67% to 38,239.98, the S&P 500 advanced by 0.87% to 5,010.6, the Nasdaq advanced by 1.11% to 15,451.31, and the Russell 2000 advanced by 1.02% to 1,967.47. In Canada, the TSX Composite advanced by 0.3% to 21,871.96, and the TSX 60 advanced by 0.45% to 1,313.41. In Brazil, the Bovespa advanced by 0.35% to 125,556.35.
**Energy:**
The oil markets had a mixed day, with Crude Oil decreasing by -0.18% to 82.076 and Brent decreasing by -0.27% to 87.052. Natural gas saw an increase of 1.56% to 1.7865, and gasoline decreased by -0.86% to 2.6870. Top commodity gainers included Canola, Oat, Rapeseed, and Nickel, while top commodity losers included Coffee, Cocoa, Gold, and Silver.
**Bonds:**
In the bond market, we saw movements in various countries. The US 2’s had a slight decrease, while the US 10’s, US 30’s, and Bunds experienced minor fluctuations. Countries like Italy, Turkey, and Greece saw more significant changes in their bond yields.
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