Market Talk – February 4, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 427.30 points or -0.78% to 54,293.36

• Shanghai increased 34.464 points or 0.85% to 4,102.202

• Hang Seng increased 12.55 points or 0.05% to 26,847.32

• ASX 200 increased 70.70 points or 0.80% to 8,927.80

• SENSEX increased 78.56 points or 0.09% to 83,817.69

• Nifty50 increased 48.45 points or 0.19% to 25,776.00

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00397 or -0.57% to 0.69815

• NZDUSD decreased 0.00506 or -0.84% to 0.59944

• USDJPY increased 0.767 or 0.49% to 156.539

• USDCNY increased 0.00784 or 0.11% to 6.94274

The above data was collected around 12:37 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 35.62 USD/t oz. or -0.72% to 4,910.77

• Silver increased 0.211 USD/t. oz. or 0.25% to 85.297

The above data was collected around 12:41 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

• CAC 40 increased 82.66 points or 1.01% to 8,262.16

• FTSE 100 increased 87.75 points or 0.85% to 10,402.34

• DAX 30 decreased 128.55 points or -0.52% to 24,652.24

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00211 or -0.18% to 1.17972

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00467 or -0.34% to 1.36512

• USDCHF increased 0.00125 or 0.16% to 0.77666

The above data was collected around 12:46 EST.

NORTH AMERICA:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a green day today:

• Crude Oil increased 1.655 USD/BBL or 2.62% to 64.865

• Brent increased 1.705 USD/BBL or 2.53% to 69.035

• Natural gas increased 0.1912 USD/MMBtu or 5.77% to 3.5022

• Gasoline increased 0.044 USD/GAL or 2.31% to 1.9493

• Heating oil increased 0.0299 USD/GAL or 1.24% to 2.4392

The above data was collected around 12:49 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Natural Gas (5.77%), Milk (5.69%), Crude Oil (2.62%) and Brent (2.53%)

• Top commodity losers: Cocoa (-4.88%), Aluminum (-1.65%), Coffee (-2.38%) and Copper (-3.83%)

The above data was collected around 12:56 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2510% (-0.91bp), US 2’s 3.57% (-0.012%), US 10’s 4.277% (+1bps); US 30’s 4.92 (+0.022%), Bunds 2.8619% (-2.7bp), France 3.4500% (-1.35bp), Italy 3.4910% (-1.14bp), Turkey 29.71% (+207bp), Greece 3.373% (-1.5bp), Portugal 3.233% (-1bp); Spain 3.235% (-1.9bp) and UK Gilts 4.557% (+3.04bp)

The above data was collected around 12:59 EST.