Market Talk – December 23, 2025

Market Talk will resume on January 6, 2026.

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 10.48 points or 0.02% to 50,412.87

• Shanghai increased 2.615 points or 0.07% to 3,919.979

• Hang Seng decreased 27.63 points or -0.11% to 25,774.14

• ASX 200 increased 95.80 points or 1.10% to 8,795.70

• SENSEX decreased 42.64 points or -0.05% to 85,524.84

• Nifty50 increased 4.75 points or 0.02% to 26,177.15

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00393 or 0.59% to 0.66967

• NZDUSD increased 0.00409 or 0.71% to 0.58369

• USDJPY decreased 0.83 or -0.53% to 156.227

• USDCNY decreased 0.01297 or -0.18% to 7.01830

The above data was collected around 14:32 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 44.62 USD/t oz. or 1.00% to 4,489.53

• Silver increased 2.2 USD/t. oz. or 3.19% to 71.235

The above data was collected around 14:34 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 17.22 points or -0.21% to 8,103.85

• FTSE 100 increased 23.25 points or 0.24% to 9,889.22

• DAX 30 increased 56.09 points or 0.23% to 24,340.06

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00252 or 0.21% to 1.17864

• GBPUSD increased 0.00302 or 0.22% to 1.34907

• USDCHF decreased 0.00395 or -0.50% to 0.78805

The above data was collected around 14:39 EST.

NORTH AMERICA:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.329 USD/BBL or 0.57% to 58.339

• Brent increased 0.332 USD/BBL or 0.53% to 62.402

• Natural gas increased 0.4609 USD/MMBtu or 11.62% to 4.4259

• Gasoline decreased 0.0016 USD/GAL or -0.09% to 1.7409

• Heating oil increased 0.0323 USD/GAL or 1.50% to 2.1904

The above data was collected around 14:42 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (11.62%), Silver (3.19%), Palladium (4.75%) and Platinum (6.11%)

• Top commodity losers: Butter (-0.88%), Canola (-0.95%), Oat (-1.40%) and Rapeseed (-1.03%)

The above data was collected around 14:50 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.0400% (-4.08bp), US 2’s 3.54% (+0.029%), US 10’s 4.1720% (+0.8bps); US 30’s 4.84 (+0.004%), Bunds 2.8634% (-4.1bp), France 3.5661% (-5.87bp), Italy 3.5164% (-5.2bp), Turkey 28.21% (+0bp), Greece 3.493% (-2.7bp), Portugal 3.193% (-4.5bp); Spain 3.297% (-4.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.513% (-2.53bp)

The above data was collected around 14:54 EST.