Market Talk – July 23, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 307.00 points or 0.46% to 66,422.60

• Shanghai increased 9.744 points or 0.25% to 3,876.777

• Hang Seng increased 318.15 points or 1.28% to 25,210.81

• ASX 200 increased 16.00 points or 0.18% to 8,839.00

• SENSEX decreased 363.66 points or -0.47% to 76,391.39

• Nifty50 decreased 126.65 points or -0.53% to 23,869.60

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00255 or -0.36% to 0.69720

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00437 or -0.75% to 0.57723

• USDJPY increased 0.65 or 0.40% to 163.793

• USDCNY increased 0.00305 or 0.05% to 6.77810

The above data was collected around 13:39 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 86.7 USD/t oz. or -2.10% to 4,043.89

•  Silver decreased 2.143 USD/t. oz. or -3.59% to 57.573

The above data was collected around 13:46 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 138.80 points or -1.64% to 8,299.09

•  FTSE 100 decreased 77.80 points or -0.73% to 10,639.17

•  DAX 30 decreased 392.29 points or -1.56% to 24,763.12

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00404 or -0.35% to 1.13714

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00613 or -0.46% to 1.33134

• USDCHF increased 0.00278 or 0.34% to 0.81726

The above data was collected around 14:00 EST.

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 6.402 USD/BBL or 7.37% to 93.232

•  Brent increased 7.617 USD/BBL or 8.10% to 101.687

•  Natural gas decreased 0.0016 USD/MMBtu or -0.05% to 2.9234

•  Gasoline increased 0.1161 USD/GAL 3.40% to 3.5308

•  Heating oil increased 0.2157 USD/GAL or 5.20% to 4.3645

The above data was collected around 14:15 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (5.20%), Crude Oil (7.37%), Bitumen (3.51%) and Brent (8.10%)

•  Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-3.66%), Palladium (-4.12%), Platinum (-3.33%) and Silver (-3.59%)

The above data was collected around 14:24 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7750% (+3.54bp), US 2’s 4.37% (+0.068%), US 10’s 4.7060% (+3.8bps); US 30’s 5.17 (+0.019%), Bunds 3.2053% (+2.58bp), France 4.033% (+4.5bp), Italy 4.0490% (+4.59bp), Turkey 32.330% (+8bp), Greece 3.9380% (+2.96bp), Portugal 3.5800% (+3.26bp); Spain 3.672% (+3.8bp) and UK Gilts 5.1032% (+3.93bp)

The above data was collected around 14:28 EST.