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Market Talk – August 7, 2025

ASIA:
The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:
• NIKKEI 225 increased 264.29 points or 0.65% to 41,059.15
• Shanghai increased 5.67 points or 0.16% to 3,639.67
• Hang Seng increased 171.00 points or 0.69% to 25,081.63
• ASX 200 decreased 12.30 points or -0.14% to 8,831.40
• SENSEX increased 79.27 points or 0.10% to 80,623.26
• Nifty50 increased 21.95 points or 0.09% to 24,596.15
The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:
• AUDUSD increased 0.00075 or 0.12% to 0.65070
• NZDUSD increased 0.00226 or 0.38% to 0.59500
• USDJPY decreased 0.011 or -0.01% to 147.187
• USDCNY decreased 0.00009 or 0.00% to 7.18318
The above data was collected around 15:36 EST.
Precious Metals:
• Gold increased 28.96 USD/t oz. or 0.86% to 3,397.99
• Silver increased 0.362 USD/t. oz. or 0.96% to 38.202
The above data was collected around 15:40 EST.
EUROPE/EMEA:
The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:
• CAC 40 increased 74.29 points or 0.97% to 7,709.32
• FTSE 100 decreased 63.54 points or -0.69% to 9,100.77
• DAX 30 increased 268.14 points or 1.12 to 24,192.50
The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:
• EURUSD decreased 0.00117 or -0.10% to 1.16513
• GBPUSD increased 0.00786 or 0.59% to 1.34361
• USDCHF increased 0.0006 or 0.07% to 0.80661
The above data was collected around 15:50 EST.
US/AMERICAS:

US Market Closings:

Dow declined by 224.48 points (0.51%) to 43,968.64

S&P 500 declined by 5.06 points (0.08%) to 6,340.00

NASDAQ advanced by 73.27 points (0.35%) to 21,242.70

Russell 2000 declined by 6.57 points (0.30%) to 2,214.72

Canada Market Closings:

TSX Composite declined by 159.60 points (0.57%) to 27,761.27

TSX 60 declined by 13.66 points (0.82%) to 1,650.12

Brazil Market Closing:

Bovespa advanced by 1,989.99 points (1.48%) to 136,527.61

ENERGY:
The oil markets had a negative day today:
• Crude Oil decreased 0.661 USD/BBL or -1.03% to 63.689
• Brent decreased 0.591 USD/BBL or -0.88% to 66.299
• Natural gas decreased 0.0041 USD/MMBtu or -0.13% to 3.0729
• Gasoline decreased 0.0179 USD/GAL or -0.86% to 2.0703
• Heating oil decreased 0.0053 USD/GAL or -0.23% to 2.2575
The above data was collected around 15:54 EST.
• Top commodity gainers: Wheat (1.92%), Rice (1.40%), Cocoa (1.86%) and Palladium (1.40%)
• Top commodity losers: Bitumen (-0.99%), Orange Juice (-3.37%), Lumber (-2.47%) and Crude Oil (-1.03%)
The above data was collected around 16:23 EST.
BONDS:
Japan 1.4860% (-1.53bp), US 2’s 3.73% (+0.008%), US 10’s 4.2450% (+1.3bps); US 30’s 4.82(-0.001%), Bunds 2.6313% (-1.19bp), France 3.2996% (-1.73bp), Italy 3.4520% (-2.6bp), Turkey 29.160% (+2bp), Greece 3.325% (+0.9bp), Portugal 3.048% (-1.3bp); Spain 3.208% (-2bp) and UK Gilts 4.5500% (+1.71bp)
The above data was collected around 16:26 EST.
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