Market Talk – March 16, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 68.46 points or -0.13% to 53,751.15

• Shanghai decreased 10.663 points or -0.26% to 4,084.786

• Hang Seng increased 368.42 points or 1.45% to 25,834.02

• ASX 200 decreased 33.70 points or -0.39% to 8,583.40

• SENSEX increased 938.93 points or 1.26% to 75,502.85

• Nifty50 increased 257.70 points or 1.11% to 23,408.80

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00774 or 1.11% to 0.70585

• NZDUSD increased 0.0074 or 1.28% to 0.58480

• USDJPY decreased 0.459 or -0.29% to 159.269

• USDCNY decreased 0.01541 or -0.22% to 6.89307

The above data was collected around 12:09 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 24.3 USD/t oz. or -0.48% to 4,997.81

•  Silver increased 0.124 USD/t. oz. or 0.15% to 80.659

The above data was collected around 12:13 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

•  CAC 40 increased 24.44 points or 0.31% to 7,935.97

•  FTSE 100 increased 56.54 points or 0.55% to 10,317.69

•  DAX 30 increased 116.72 points or 0.50% to 23,564.01

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00632 or 0.55% to 1.14799

• GBPUSD increased 0.00719 or 0.54% to 1.32923

• USDCHF decreased 0.00278 or -0.35% to 0.78869

The above data was collected around 12:26 EST.

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil decreased 2.337 USD/BBL or -2.37% to 96.374

•  Brent decreased 0.101 USD/BBL or -0.10% to 103.039

•  Natural gas decreased 0.0945 USD/MMBtu or -3.02% to 3.0365

•  Gasoline increased 0.0068 USD/GAL 0.22% to 3.0482

•  Heating oil decreased 0.0332 USD/GAL or -0.83% to 3.9815

The above data was collected around 12:29 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Cotton (3.86%), Cocoa (4.26%), Bitumen (3.21%) and Platinum (2.67%)

•  Top commodity losers: Canola (-3.03%), Oat (-4.69%), Natural Gas (-3.02%) and Soybeans (-4.97%)

The above data was collected around 12:58 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2800% (+3.48bp), US 2’s 3.70% (-0.036%), US 10’s 4.2420% (-4bps); US 30’s 4.88 (-0.024%), Bunds 2.9504% (-2.64bp), France 3.6170% (-5.27bp), Italy 3.7300% (-7.16bp), Turkey 33.120% (+259bp), Greece 3.731% (-2.6bp), Portugal 3.393% (-4.3bp); Spain 3.441% (-5.4bp) and UK Gilts 4.7130% (-5.78bp)

The above data was collected around 13:07 EST.