Market Talk – July 17, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 2,694.42 points or -4.03% to 64,141.12

• Shanghai decreased 118.258 points or -3.05% to 3,764.155

• Hang Seng decreased 446.36 points or -1.78% to 24,562.24

• ASX 200 decreased 44.00 points or -0.50% to 8,796.70

• SENSEX increased 964.58 points or 1.25% to 78,151.45

• Nifty50 increased 261.55 points or 1.09% to 24,334.30

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00095 or -0.14% to 0.69860

• NZDUSD increased 0.00045 or 0.08% to 0.58470

• USDJPY increased 0.09 or 0.06% to 162.485

• USDCNY increased 0.00444 or 0.07% to 6.77777

The above data was collected around 12:22 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 45.09 USD/t oz. or 1.13% to 4,021.27

•  Silver increased 0.514 USD/t. oz. or 0.93% to 56.011

The above data was collected around 12:24 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 39.05 points or -0.47% to 8,338.81

•  FTSE 100 increased 28.13 points or 0.27% to 10,600.37

•  DAX 30 decreased 84.51 points or -0.34% to 24,830.98

The major Europe currency markets had a negative day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00028 or -0.02% to 1.14389

• GBPUSD decreased 0.0026 or -0.19% to 1.34513

• USDCHF decreased 0.00171 or -0.21% to 0.80722

The above data was collected around 12:26 EST.

AMERICAS:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 3.201 USD/BBL or 4.05% to 82.151

•  Brent increased 3.212 USD/BBL or 3.81% to 87.442

•  Natural gas increased 0.0508 USD/MMBtu or 1.78% to 2.9088

•  Gasoline increased 0.1297 USD/GAL 3.95% to 3.4144

•  Heating oil increased 0.0579 USD/GAL or 1.44% to 4.0886

The above data was collected around 12:28 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (4.05%), Gasoline (3.95%), Orange Juice (4.94%) and Cocoa (4.22%)

•  Top commodity losers: Zinc (-1.57%), Palladium (-1.61%), Platinum (-1.89%) and Silicon (-1.31%)

The above data was collected around 12:36 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7120% (-0.3bp), US 2’s 4.18% (+0.021%), US 10’s 4.5480% (-1.1bps); US 30’s 5.07 (-0.020%), Bunds 3.1379% (+0.03bp), France 3.934% (-0.53bp), Italy 3.9650% (+1.01bp), Turkey 31.870% (+7bp), Greece 3.8530% (+2.1bp), Portugal 3.4940% (+0.11bp); Spain 3.605% (+0.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.9744% (+0.73bp)

The above data was collected around 12:44 EST.