Market Talk – April 2, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,276.41 points or -2.38% to 52,463.27

• Shanghai decreased 29.267 points or -0.74% to 3,919.285

• Hang Seng decreased 177.50 points or -0.70% to 25,116.53

• ASX 200 decreased 92.30 points or -1.06% to 8,579.50

• SENSEX increased 185.23 points or 0.25% to 73,319.55

• Nifty50 increased 33.70 points or 0.15% to 22,713.10

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00173 or -0.25% to 0.69106

• NZDUSD decreased 0.0029 or -0.50% to 0.57239

• USDJPY increased 0.522 or 0.33% to 159.354

• USDCNY increased 0.01256 or 0.18% to 6.88996

The above data was collected around 12:31 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 123.3 USD/t oz. or -2.58% to 4,661.95

•  Silver decreased 2.951 USD/t. oz. or -3.93% to 72.132

The above data was collected around 12:36 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 18.88 points or -0.24% to 7,962.39

•  FTSE 100 increased 71.50 points or 0.69% to 10,436.29

•  DAX 30 decreased 130.81 points or -0.56% to 23,168.08

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00465 or -0.40% to 1.15422

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00708 or -0.53% to 1.32342

• USDCHF increased 0.0042 or 0.53% to 0.79847

The above data was collected around 12:41 EST.

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 10.999 USD/BBL or 10.99% to 111.119

•  Brent increased 6.165 USD/BBL or 6.09% to 107.325

•  Natural gas decreased 0.0152 USD/MMBtu or -0.54% to 2.8038

•  Gasoline increased 0.1352 USD/GAL 4.37% to 3.2266

•  Heating oil increased 0.2693 USD/GAL or 6.64% to 4.3261

The above data was collected around 12:46 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (10.99%), Heating Oil (6.64%), Brent (6.09%) and Methanol (6.45%)

•  Top commodity losers: Silver (-3.93%), Cocoa (-3.28%), Gold (-2.58%) and Orange Juice (-2.88%)

The above data was collected around 13:00 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.3950% (+9.1bp), US 2’s 3.81% (-0.010%), US 10’s 4.3150% (-0.7bps); US 30’s 4.90 (-0.005%), Bunds 2.9997% (+0.35bp), France 3.6840% (+0.4bp), Italy 3.8600% (+1.32bp), Turkey 32.980% (+259bp), Greece 3.819% (+2.5bp), Portugal 3.451% (+2bp); Spain 3.486% (+3.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.7780% (+0.29bp)

The above data was collected around 13:06 EST.