Market Talk &#8211; March 5, 2026

Market Talk – March 5, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a green day today:

• NIKKEI 225 increased 1,032.52 points or 1.90% to 55,278.06

• Shanghai increased 26.093 points or 0.64% to 4,108.567

• Hang Seng increased 71.86 points or 0.28% to 25,321.34

• ASX 200 increased 39.10 points or 0.44% to 8,940.30

• SENSEX increased 899.71 points or 1.14% to 80,015.90

• Nifty50 increased 285.40 points or 1.17% to 24,765.90

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00887 or -1.25% to 0.69867

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00634 or -1.07% to 0.58766

• USDJPY increased 0.677 or 0.43% to 157.738

• USDCNY increased 0.02092 or 0.30% to 6.91593

The above data was collected around 11:23 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 73.48 USD/t oz. or -1.43% to 5,062.85

• Silver decreased 2.192 USD/t. oz. or -2.62% to 81.314

The above data was collected around 11:26 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 121.93 points or -1.49% to 8,045.80

• FTSE 100 decreased 153.71 points or -1.45% to 10,413.94

• DAX 30 decreased 389.61 points or -1.61% to 23,815.75

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.0069 or -0.59% to 1.15646

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00703 or -0.53% to 1.33036

• USDCHF increased 0.00354 or 0.45% to 0.78287

The above data was collected around 11:28 EST.

AMERICAS:

US/AMERICAS:

Dow declined by 784.67 points (-1.61%) to 47,954.74

S&P 500 declined by 38.79 points (-0.56%) to 6,830.71

NASDAQ declined by 58.50 points (-0.26%) to 22,748.986

Russell 2000 declined by 50.44 points (-1.91%) to 2,585.574

Canada Market Closings:

TSX Composite declined by 332.89 points (-0.98%) to 33,609.97

TSX 60 declined by 13.82 points (-0.71%) to 1,946.23

Brazil Market Closing:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 4.507 USD/BBL or 6.04% to 79.167

• Brent increased 3.194 USD/BBL or 3.92% to 84.594

• Natural gas increased 0.0056 USD/MMBtu or 0.19% to 2.9226

• Gasoline increased 0.0928 USD/GAL or 3.66% to 2.6308

• Heating oil increased 0.2454 USD/GAL or 7.45% to 3.5392

The above data was collected around 11:31 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (7.45%), Crude Oil (6.04%), Brent (3.92%) and Gasoline (3.66%)

• Top commodity losers: Methanol (-4.05%), Orange Juice (-2.67%), Palladium (-2.71%) and Oat (-6.04%)

The above data was collected around 11:42 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.1580% (+3.95bp), US 2’s 3.60% (+0.045%), US 10’s 4.1460% (+4.2bps); US 30’s 4.76 (+0.017%), Bunds 2.8442% (+9.83bp), France 3.4690% (+12.11bp), Italy 3.570% (+14.57bp), Turkey 30.505% (+186.5bp), Greece 3.488% (+6.1bp), Portugal 3.240% (+11.5bp); Spain 3.303% (+9.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.4730% (+9.68bp)

The above data was collected around 11:46 EST.

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