Market Talk – July 2, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,741.81 points or -2.47% to 68,733.15

• Shanghai decreased 83.541 points or -2.03% to 4,028.904

• Hang Seng increased 174.01 points or 0.76% to 23,055.03

• ASX 200 increased 1.60 points or 0.02% to 8,724.50

• SENSEX increased 579.48 points or 0.75% to 77,502.12

• Nifty50 increased 169.85 points or 0.71% to 24,175.70

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00274 or 0.40% to 0.69208

• NZDUSD increased 0.00245 or 0.43% to 0.56975

• USDJPY decreased 1.536 or -0.94% to 161.039

• USDCNY decreased 0.00642 or -0.09% to 6.78809

The above data was collected around 14:11 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold increased 87.75 USD/t oz. or 2.18% to 4,119.11

•  Silver increased 1.637 USD/t. oz. or 2.77% to 60.720

The above data was collected around 14:14 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

•  CAC 40 increased 137.57 points or 1.65% to 8,474.86

•  FTSE 100 increased 174.53 points or 1.67% to 10,652.87

•  DAX 30 increased 540.60 points or 2.16% to 25,580.88

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00535 or 0.47% to 1.14307

• GBPUSD increased 0.00684 or 0.52% to 1.33437

• USDCHF decreased 0.00584 or -0.72% to 0.80383

The above data was collected around 14:19 EST.

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 0.065 USD/BBL or 0.09% to 68.645

•  Brent increased 0.155 USD/BBL or 0.22% to 71.725

•  Natural gas decreased 0.0251 USD/MMBtu or -0.78% to 3.1949

•  Gasoline decreased 0.0227 USD/GAL -0.77% to 2.9225

•  Heating oil decreased 0.0423 USD/GAL or -1.31% to 3.1756

The above data was collected around 14:21 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Silver (2.77%), Gold (2.18%), Oat (3.32%) and Palladium (3.84%)

•  Top commodity losers: Titanium (-2.11%), Rubber (-2.97%), Coffee (-2.57%) and Orange Juice (-1.57%)

The above data was collected around 14:25 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7850% (+8.4bp), US 2’s 4.18% (-0.002%), US 10’s 4.4900% (+0.5bps); US 30’s 4.98 (+0.006%), Bunds 2.9164% (-0.72bp), France 3.592% (+2.04bp), Italy 3.6930% (+6.56bp), Turkey 33.200% (+238bp), Greece 3.5890% (+1.77bp), Portugal 3.293% (+0.97bp); Spain 3.413% (+3.1bp) and UK Gilts 4.7919% (+2.53bp)

The above data was collected around 14:28 EST.