Market Talk – March 18, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 1,539.01 points or 2.87% to 55,239.40

• Shanghai increased 13.077 points or 0.32% to 4,062.984

• Hang Seng increased 156.88 points or 0.61% to 26,025.42

• ASX 200 increased 26.30 points or 0.31% to 8,640.60

• SENSEX increased 633.29 points or 0.83% to 76,704.13

• Nifty50 increased 196.65 points or 0.83% to 23,777.80

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00309 or -0.43% to 0.70741

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00232 or -0.40% to 0.58338

• USDJPY increased 0.532 or 0.33% to 159.531

• USDCNY increased 0.00628 or 0.09% to 6.88913

The above data was collected around 13:16 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 118.76 USD/t oz. or -2.37% to 4,888.17

•  Silver decreased 2.03 USD/t. oz. or -2.56% to 77.284

The above data was collected around 13:17 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 4.61 points or -0.06% to 7,969.88

•  FTSE 100 decreased 98.31 points or -0.94% to 10,305.29

•  DAX 30 decreased 228.67 points or -0.96% to 23,502.25

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.0032 or -0.28% to 1.15079

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00256 or -0.19% to 1.33299

• USDCHF increased 0.00522 or 0.67% to 0.79002

The above data was collected around 13:20 EST.

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 1.917 USD/BBL or 1.99% to 98.127

•  Brent increased 4.994 USD/BBL or 4.83% to 108.414

•  Natural gas increased 0.018 USD/MMBtu or 0.59% to 3.0510

•  Gasoline increased 0.0561 USD/GAL 1.80% to 3.1795

•  Heating oil increased 0.2136 USD/GAL or 5.32% to 4.2294

The above data was collected around 13:23 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (5.32%), Brent (4.83%), Wheat (2.66%) and Bitumen (5.31%)

•  Top commodity losers: Butter (-3.32%), Palladium (-5.57%), Platinum (-3.66%) and Orange Juice (-5.23%)

The above data was collected around 13:29 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2180% (-4.49bp), US 2’s 3.73% (+0.043%), US 10’s 4.2360% (+3.3bps); US 30’s 4.87 (+0.021%), Bunds 2.9511% (+4.83bp), France 3.6040% (+4.46bp), Italy 3.7340% (+7.14bp), Turkey 32.300% (+198bp), Greece 3.696% (+2.2bp), Portugal 3.398% (+7.2bp); Spain 3.445% (+5.5bp) and UK Gilts 4.6800% (+5.47bp)

The above data was collected around 13:33 EST.