Market Talk &#8211; January 29, 2026

Market Talk – January 29, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 16.89 points or 0.03% to 53,375.60

• Shanghai increased 6.747 points or 0.16% to 4,157.985

• Hang Seng increased 141.18 points or 0.51% to 27,968.09

• ASX 200 decreased 6.40 points or -0.07% to 8,927.50

• SENSEX increased 221.69 points or 0.27% to 82,566.37

• Nifty50 increased 76.15 points or 0.30% to 25,418.90

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00158 or -0.22% to 0.70251

• NZDUSD increased 0.00049 or 0.08% to 0.60659

• USDJPY decreased 0.245 or -0.16% to 153.164

• USDCNY increased 0.00579 or 0.08% to 6.94965

The above data was collected around 15:04 EST.

Precious Metals:

Gold decreased 114.9 USD/t oz. or -2.12% to 5,304.93

Silver decreased 3.184 USD/t. oz or -2.73% to 113.394

The above data was collected around 15:11

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 4.68 points or 0.06% to 8,071.36

• FTSE 100 increased 17.33 points, or 0.17% to 10,171.76

• DAX 30 decreased 513.33 points or -2.07% to 24,309.46

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00071 or 0.06% to 1.19613

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00089 or -0.06% to 1.37997

• USDCHF decreased 0.00201 or -0.26% to 0.76632

The above data was collected around 15:36 EST.

NORTH AMERICA:

US/AMERICAS:

DJIA advanced by 55.96 points (0.11%) to 49,071.56

S&P 500 declined by 9.02 points (-0.13%) to 6,969.01

NASDAQ declined by 172.33 points (-0.72%) to 23,685.120

Russell 2000 advanced by 1.23 points (0.05%) to 2,654.776

Canada Market Closings:

TSX Composite declined by 159.94 points (-0.48%) to 33,016.13

TSX 60 declined by 1.53 points (-0.08%) to 1,907.60

Brazil Market Closing:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased by 2.429 points or 3.84% to 65.639.

• Brent increased by 2.521 points or 3.69% to 70.921.

• Natural Gas increased by 0.1698 points or 4.55% to 3.9018.

• Gasoline increased by 0.0255 points or 1.34% to 1.9221.

• Heating Oil decreased by 0.0608 points or -2.28% to 2.6053.

The above data was collected around 15:57 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Copper (5.72%), Natural Gas (4.55%), Crude Oil (3.84%), and Brent (3.69%)

• Top commodity losers: Silver (-2.33%), Heating Oil (-2.28%), Gold (-1.99%), and Coffee (-1.74%)

The above data was collected around 16:00 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2570%(+1.48bp), US 2’s 3.57% (-0.009%), US 10’s 4.2360%(-1bps); US 30’s 4.86% (+0.007%), Bunds 2.8394% (-1.44bp), France 3.4185% (-0.78bp), Italy 3.4672% (-0.31bp), Turkey 29.345% (+187.5bp), Greece 3.342% (-1.8bp), Portugal 3.205% (-0.8bp), Spain 3.201% (-1.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.517% (-3.57bp).

The above data was collected around 16:01 EST.

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