Market Talk – April 20, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 348.99 points or 0.60% to 58,824.89

• Shanghai increased 30.702 points or 0.76% to 4,082.127

• Hang Seng increased 200.74 points or 0.77% to 26,361.07

• ASX 200 increased 6.40 points or 0.07% to 8,953.30

• SENSEX increased 26.76 points or 0.03% to 78,520.30

• Nifty50 increased 11.30 points or 0.05% to 24,364.85

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00028 or 0.04% to 0.71732

• NZDUSD increased 0.00061 or 0.10% to 0.58901

• USDJPY increased 0.042 or 0.03% to 158.666

• USDCNY decreased 0.00073 or -0.01% to 6.81571

The above data was collected around 11:56 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 32.91 USD/t oz. or -0.68% to 4,800.65

•  Silver decreased 0.892 USD/t. oz. or -1.10% to 79.863

The above data was collected around 11:59 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 94.08 points or -1.12% to 8,331.05

•  FTSE 100 decreased 58.55 points or -0.55% to 10,609.08

•  DAX 30 decreased 284.44 points or -1.15% to 24,417.80

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.0021 or 0.18% to 1.17856

• GBPUSD increased 0.0026 or 0.19% to 1.35425

• USDCHF decreased 0.00371 or -0.47% to 0.77809

The above data was collected around 12:01 EST.

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 5.104 USD/BBL or 6.09% to 88.954

•  Brent increased 4.907 USD/BBL or 5.43% to 95.287

•  Natural gas increased 0.0355 USD/MMBtu or 1.33% to 2.7095

•  Gasoline increased 0.1077 USD/GAL 3.58% to 3.1125

•  Heating oil increased 0.1497 USD/GAL or 4.41% to 3.5471

The above data was collected around 12:15 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (6.09%), Brent (5.43%), Heating Oil (4.41%) and Gasoline (3.58%)

•  Top commodity losers: Platinum (-2.96%), Palladium (-2.40%), Orange Juice (-4.88%) and Methanol (-3.53%)

The above data was collected around 12:20 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.3990% (-2.13bp), US 2’s 3.74% (+0.023%), US 10’s 4.2680% (+1.7bps); US 30’s 4.90 (-0.016%), Bunds 2.9874% (+2.23bp), France 3.6120% (+3.56bp), Italy 3.7220% (+4.03bp), Turkey 32.070% (+241bp), Greece 3.681% (-0.1bp), Portugal 3.384% (+4.2bp); Spain 3.428% (+3.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.7760% (+9.04bp)

The above data was collected around 12:24 EST.