Market Talk – March 6, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 342.78 points or 0.62% to 55,620.84

• Shanghai increased 15.627 points or 0.38% to 4,124.194

• Hang Seng increased 435.95 points or 1.72% to 25,757.29

• ASX 200 decreased 89.30 points or -1.00% to 8,851.00

• SENSEX decreased 1,097.00 points or -1.37% to 78,918.90

• Nifty50 decreased 315.45 points or -1.27% to 24,450.45

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00181 or 0.26% to 0.70259

• NZDUSD increased 0.00066 or 0.11% to 0.59016

• USDJPY increased 0.309 or 0.20% to 157.879

• USDCNY decreased 0.01112 or -0.16% to 6.90668

The above data was collected around 15:09 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 74.31 USD/t oz. or 1.46% to 5,158.50

• Silver increased 2.018 USD/t. oz. or 2.45% to 84.290

The above data was collected around 15:09 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 52.31 points or -0.65% to 7,993.49

• FTSE 100 decreased 129.19 points or -1.24% to 10,284.75

• DAX 30 decreased 224.72 points or -0.94% to 23,591.03

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00057 or -0.05% to 1.16033

• GBPUSD increased 0.00314 or 0.24% to 1.33903

• USDCHF decreased 0.00377 or -0.48% to 0.77710

The above data was collected around 15:13 EST.

AMERICAS:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 9.654 USD/BBL or 11.92% to 90.664

• Brent increased 6.997 USD/BBL or 8.19% to 92.407

• Natural gas increased 0.187 USD/MMBtu or 6.23% to 3.1900

• Gasoline increased 0.1156 USD/GAL or 4.39% to 2.7502

• Heating oil increased 0.0083 USD/GAL or 0.23% to 3.6226

The above data was collected around 15:14 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Cocoa (5.73%), Crude Oil (11.92%), Brent (8.19%) and Natural Gas (6.23%)

• Top commodity losers: Cheese (-2.03%), Orange Juice (-5.03%), Rubber (-1.62%) and Feeder Cattle (-2.02%)

The above data was collected around 15:20 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1660% (+0.82bp), US 2’s 3.57% (-0.024%), US 10’s 4.1430% (+0.3bps); US 30’s 4.76 (+0.008%), Bunds 2.8610% (+0.75bp), France 3.5117% (+4.26bp), Italy 3.6221% (+5.08bp), Turkey 31.275% (+291.5bp), Greece 3.602% (+11.4bp), Portugal 3.306% (+5.8bp); Spain 3.349% (+4.2bp) and UK Gilts 4.5730% (+9.16bp)

The above data was collected around 15:23 EST.