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Market Talk – March 13, 2026

ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:
• NIKKEI 225 decreased 633.35 points or -1.16% to 53,819.61
• Shanghai decreased 33.654 points or -0.82% to 4,095.449
• Hang Seng decreased 251.16 points or -0.98% to 25,465.60
• ASX 200 decreased 11.90 points or -0.14% to 8,617.10
• SENSEX decreased 1,470.50 points or -1.93% to 74,563.92
• Nifty50 decreased 488.05 points or -2.06% to 23,151.10
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
• AUDUSD decreased 0.00738 or -1.04% to 0.70027
• NZDUSD decreased 0.00607 or -1.04% to 0.57943
• USDJPY increased 0.264 or 0.17% to 159.618
• USDCNY increased 0.0237 or 0.34% to 6.90504
The above data was collected around 14:17 EST.
Precious Metals:
•  Gold decreased 35.82 USD/t oz. or -0.71% to 5,043.37
•  Silver decreased 2.841 USD/t. oz. or -3.39% to 80.977
The above data was collected around 14:22 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:
•  CAC 40 decreased 72.91 points or -0.91% to 7,911.53
•  FTSE 100 decreased 44.00 points or -0.43% to 10,261.15
•  DAX 30 decreased 142.36 points or -0.60% to 23,447.29
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
• EURUSD decreased 0.00746 or -0.65% to 1.14372
• GBPUSD decreased 0.01028 or -0.77% to 1.32407
• USDCHF increased 0.00401 or 0.51% to 0.79010
The above data was collected around 14:32 EST.

AMERICAS:

AMERICA:

Dow declined by 119.38 points (-0.26%) to 46,558.47

S&P 500 declined by 40.43 points (-0.61%) to 6,632.19

NASDAQ declined by 206.62 points (-0.93%) to 22,105.359

Russell 2000 declined by 8.94 points (-0.36%) to 2,480.051

Canada Market Closings:

TSX Composite declined by 298.67 points (-0.91%) to 32,541.93

TSX 60 declined by 12.52 points (-0.66%) to 1,890.93

Brazil Market Closing:

Bovespa declined by 1,631.18 points (-0.91%) to 177,653.31

ENERGY:
The oil markets had a mixed day today:
•  Crude Oil increased 2.551 USD/BBL or 2.66% to 98.281
•  Brent increased 2.308 USD/BBL or 2.30% to 102.768
•  Natural gas decreased 0.097 USD/MMBtu or -3.00% to 3.1360
•  Gasoline increased 0.0755 USD/GAL 2.55% to 3.0401
•  Heating oil increased 0.1168 USD/GAL or 3.00% to 4.0157
The above data was collected around 14:35 EST.
•  Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (3.00%), Crude Oil (2.66%), Bitumen (4.34%) and Methanol (4.15%)
•  Top commodity losers: Platinum (-5.76%), Natural Gas (-3.00%), Silver (-3.39%) and Palladium (-4.25%)
The above data was collected around 14:40 EST.
BONDS:
Japan 2.2450% (+5.69bp), US 2’s 3.74% (-0.005%), US 10’s 4.2870% (+1.8bps); US 30’s 4.91 (+0.026%), Bunds 2.9898% (+5.2bp), France 3.6760% (+6.57bp), Italy 3.7960% (+5.43bp), Turkey 32.875% (+272.5bp), Greece 3.768% (+5.1bp), Portugal 3.460% (+5.7bp); Spain 3.502% (+4.6bp) and UK Gilts 4.7710% (+5.75bp)
The above data was collected around 14:44 EST.
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