Market Talk – January 16, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 174.33 points or -0.32% to 53,936.17

• Shanghai decreased 10.689 points or -0.26% to 4,101.913

• Hang Seng decreased 78.66 points or -0.29% to 26,844.96

• ASX 200 increased 42.20 points or 0.48% to 8,903.90

• SENSEX increased 187.64 points or 0.23% to 83,570.35

• Nifty50 increased 28.75 points or 0.11% to 25,694.35

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00187 or -0.28% to 0.66800

• NZDUSD increased 0.0008 or 0.14% to 0.57490

• USDJPY decreased 0.536 or -0.34% to 158.076

• USDCNY increased 0.00448 or 0.06% to 6.96776

The above data was collected around 12:07 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 24.17 USD/t oz. or -0.52% to 4,591.50

• Silver decreased 3.517 USD/t. oz. or -3.81% to 88.858

The above data was collected around 12:09 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 54.18 points or -0.65% to 8,258.94

• FTSE 100 decreased 3.65 points or -0.04% to 10,235.29

• DAX 30 decreased 55.26 points or -0.22% to 25,297.13

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00099 or -0.09% to 1.15986

• GBPUSD increased 0.00046 or 0.03% to 1.33849

• USDCHF decreased 0.00057 or -0.07% to 0.80265

The above data was collected around 12:34 EST.

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 0.705 USD/BBL or 1.19% to 59.895

• Brent increased 0.698 USD/BBL or 1.09% to 64.458

• Natural gas decreased 0.0797 USD/MMBtu or -2.55% to 3.0483

• Gasoline increased 0.0098 USD/GAL or 0.55% to 1.7917

• Heating oil increased 0.0418 USD/GAL or 1.89% to 2.2501

The above data was collected around 12:36 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Orange Juice (3.34%), Sugar (2.52%), Oat (2.67%) and Cocoa (2.65%)

• Top commodity losers: Zinc (-3.18%), Nickel (-4.97%), Platinum (-4.36%) and Silver (-3.81%)

The above data was collected around 12:45 EST.

NORTH AMERICA:

BONDS:

Japan 2.1840% (+1.48bp), US 2’s 3.60% (+0.026%), US 10’s 4.2140% (+3.6bps); US 30’s 4.82 (+0.023%), Bunds 2.8401% (+2.24bp), France 3.5180% (+2.6bp), Italy 3.4340% (+2.49bp), Turkey 29.995% (+203.5bp), Greece 3.359% (+1bp), Portugal 3.227% (+1.4bp); Spain 3.224% (+1.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.397% (+0.49bp)

The above data was collected around 12:48 EST.