Market Talk – January 22, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 914.25 points or 1.73% to 53,688.89

• Shanghai increased 5.636 points or 0.14% to 4,122.576

• Hang Seng increased 44.90 points or 0.17% to 26,629.96

• ASX 200 increased 65.80 points or 0.75% to 8,848.70

• SENSEX increased 397.74 points or 0.49% to 82,307.37

• Nifty50 increased 132.40 points or 0.53% to 25,289.90

The major Asian currency markets had a green day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00781 or 1.16% to 0.68397

• NZDUSD increased 0.00623 or 1.07% to 0.59063

• USDJPY increased 0.017 or 0.01% to 158.311

• USDCNY increased 0.0048 or 0.07% to 6.96493

The above data was collected around 13:01 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold increased 78.42 USD/t oz. or 1.62% to 4,908.90

• Silver increased 3.181 USD/t. oz. or 3.42% to 96.292

The above data was collected around 13:03 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a green day today:

• CAC 40 increased 79.72 points or 0.99% to 8,148.89

• FTSE 100 increased 11.96 points or 0.12% to 10,150.05

• DAX 30 increased 295.49 points or 1.20% to 24,856.47

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD increased 0.00618 or 0.53% to 1.17454

• GBPUSD increased 0.00637 or 0.47% to 1.34930

• USDCHF decreased 0.00555 or -0.70% to 0.79012

The above data was collected around 13:08 EST.

NORTH AMERICA:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil decreased 1.516 USD/BBL or -2.50% to 59.104

• Brent decreased 1.474 USD/BBL or -2.26% to 63.767

• Natural gas increased 0.1964 USD/MMBtu or 4.03% to 5.0714

• Gasoline decreased 0.0528 USD/GAL or -2.85% to 1.8011

• Heating oil decreased 0.066 USD/GAL or -2.72% to 2.3645

The above data was collected around 13:12 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (4.03%), Silver (3.42%), Lithium (3.79%) and Orange Juice (6.54%)

• Top commodity losers: Heating Oil (-2.72%), Gasoline (-2.85%), Crude Oil (-2.50%) and Potatoes (-7.41%)

The above data was collected around 13:15 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2410% (-4.65bp), US 2’s 3.62% (+0.019%), US 10’s 4.250% (+0.5bps); US 30’s 4.85 (-0.015%), Bunds 2.8806% (+0.25bp), France 3.5150% (-2.8bp), Italy 3.526% (+3.68bp), Turkey 29.585% (+183.5bp), Greece 3.405% (-0.8bp), Portugal 3.262% (-0.3bp); Spain 3.263% (-1.4bp) and UK Gilts 4.475% (+1.2bp)

The above data was collected around 13:21 EST.