Market Talk – February 27, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 96.88 points or 0.16% to 58,850.27

• Shanghai increased 16.25 points or 0.39% to 4,162.882

• Hang Seng increased 249.52 points or 0.95% to 26,630.54

• ASX 200 increased 23.30 points or 0.25% to 9,198.60

• SENSEX decreased 961.42 points or -1.17% to 81,287.19

• Nifty50 decreased 317.90 points or -1.25% to 25,178.65

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00097 or 0.14% to 0.71148

• NZDUSD increased 0.00158 or 0.26% to 0.59968

• USDJPY decreased 0.132 or -0.08% to 155.995

• USDCNY increased 0.01584 or 0.23% to 6.86039

The above data was collected around 15:01 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 67.49 USD/t oz. or 1.30% to 5,251.83

• Silver increased 4.964 USD/t. oz. or 5.62% to 93.235

The above data was collected around 15:04 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 40.18 points or -0.47% to 8,580.75

• FTSE 100 increased 63.85 points or 0.59% to 10,910.55

• DAX 30 decreased 4.76 points or -0.02% to 25,284.26

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00248 or 0.21% to 1.18222

• GBPUSD increased 0.00017 or 0.01% to 1.34839

• USDCHF decreased 0.00634 or -0.82% to 0.76800

The above data was collected around 15:09 EST.

NORTH AMERICA:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 1.881 USD/BBL or 2.88% to 67.091

• Brent increased 2.157 USD/BBL or 3.04% to 72.997

• Natural gas increased 0.0233 USD/MMBtu or 0.82% to 2.8503

• Gasoline increased 0.0313 USD/GAL or 1.39% to 2.2850

• Heating oil increased 0.0692 USD/GAL or 2.74% to 2.5950

The above data was collected around 15:11 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Brent (3.04%), Silver (5.62%), Platinum (6.14%) and Wheat (3.76%)

• Top commodity losers: Live Cattle (-2.03%), Feeder Cattle (-1.64%), Orange Juice (-4.57%) and Cocoa (-5.49%)

The above data was collected around 15:20 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1120% (-4.48bp), US 2’s 3.39% (-0.051%), US 10’s 3.9710% (-3.7bps); US 30’s 4.64 (-0.025%), Bunds 2.6475% (-5.09bp), France 3.2176% (-3.17bp), Italy 3.2730% (-3.24bp), Turkey 30.230% (+213bp), Greece 3.301% (-0.6bp), Portugal 3.044% (-0.1bp); Spain 3.060% (-4bp) and UK Gilts 4.2340% (-4.22bp)

The above data was collected around 15:23 EST.