Market Talk – March 4, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 2,033.51 points or -3.61% to 54,245.54

• Shanghai decreased 40.202 points or -0.98% to 4,082.474

• Hang Seng decreased 518.60 points or -2.01% to 25,249.48

• ASX 200 decreased 176.10 points or -1.94% to 8,901.20

• SENSEX decreased 1,122.66 points or -1.40% to 79,116.19

• Nifty50 decreased 385.20 points or -1.55% to 24,480.50

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00361 or 0.51% to 0.70720

• NZDUSD increased 0.00415 or 0.70% to 0.59319

• USDJPY decreased 0.778 or -0.49% to 156.947

• USDCNY decreased 0.02832 or -0.41% to 6.89025

The above data was collected around 11:50 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 57.9 USD/t oz. or 1.14% to 5,146.75

• Silver increased 1.692 USD/t. oz. or 2.06% to 83.672

The above data was collected around 11:52 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 63.89 points or 0.79% to 8,167.73

• FTSE 100 increased 83.52 points or 0.80% to 10,567.65

• DAX 30 increased 414.71 points or 1.74% to 24,205.36

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00239 or 0.21% to 1.16386

• GBPUSD increased 0.00147 or 0.11% to 1.33693

• USDCHF decreased 0.00221 or -0.28% to 0.77980

The above data was collected around 11:54 EST.

AMERICAS:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 0.451 USD/BBL or -0.61% to 74.109

• Brent decreased 0.333 USD/BBL or -0.41% to 81.067

• Natural gas decreased 0.1384 USD/MMBtu or -4.53% to 2.9156

• Gasoline increased 0.0129 USD/GAL or 0.52% to 2.4861

• Heating oil increased 0.0447 USD/GAL or 1.40% to 3.2316

The above data was collected around 11:58 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Milk (10.60%), Platinum (4.08%), Silicon (3.86%) and Orange Juice (4.22%)

• Top commodity losers: Lithium (-4.35%), Bitumen (-2.30%), Natural Gas (-4.53%) and Oat (-5.91%)

The above data was collected around 12:06 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1180% (-1.49bp), US 2’s 3.53% (+0.019%), US 10’s 4.0730% (+0.1bps); US 30’s 4.72 (+0.009%), Bunds 2.7570% (-1.82bp), France 3.3480% (-3.54bp), Italy 3.4290% (-4.73bp), Turkey 31.180% (+236bp), Greece 3.424% (-6.5bp), Portugal 3.147% (-3.5bp); Spain 3.198% (+1.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.3760% (-3.15bp)

The above data was collected around 12:10 EST.