Market Talk &#8211; March 20, 2026

Market Talk – March 20, 2026

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 closed

• Shanghai decreased 49.50 points or -1.24% to 3,957.053

• Hang Seng decreased 223.26 points or -0.88% to 25,277.32

• ASX 200 decreased 69.40 points or -0.82% to 8,428.40

• SENSEX increased 325.72 points or 0.44% to 74,532.96

• Nifty50 increased 112.35 points or 0.49% to 23,114.50

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD decreased 0.00452 or -0.64% to 0.70418

• NZDUSD decreased 0.003 or -0.51% to 0.58430

• USDJPY increased 1.444 or 0.92% to 159.186

• USDCNY increased 0.02592 or 0.38% to 6.90419

The above data was collected around 13:23 EST.

Precious Metals:

• Gold decreased 77.06 USD/t oz. or -1.66% to 4,573.45

• Silver decreased 3.339 USD/t. oz. or -4.59% to 69.448

The above data was collected around 13:26 EST.

EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a negative day today:

• CAC 40 decreased 142.25 points or -1.82% to 7,665.62

• FTSE 100 decreased 145.17 points or -1.44% to 9,918.33

• DAX 30 decreased 459.37 points or -2.01% to 22,380.19

The major Europe currency markets had a negative day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00201 or -0.17% to 1.15684

• GBPUSD decreased 0.00921 or -0.69% to 1.33391

• USDCHF decreased 0.00052 or -0.07% to 0.78769

The above data was collected around 13:31 EST.

Americas:

US Markets:

DJIA declined by 443.96 points (-0.96%) to 45,577.47

S&P 500 declined by 100.01 points (-1.51%) to 6,506.48

NASDAQ declined by 443.08 points (-2.01%) to 21,647.611

Russell 2000 declined by 56.51 points (-2.27%) to 2,438.197

Canada:

TSX Composite declined by 537.75 points (-1.69%) to 31,317.23

TSX 60 declined by 29.90 points (-1.61%) to 1,832.54

Brazil:

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

• Crude Oil increased 2.645 USD/BBL or 2.77% to 98.195

• Brent increased 2.154 USD/BBL or 1.98% to 110.804

• Natural gas decreased 0.1035 USD/MMBtu or -3.27% to 3.0625

• Gasoline increased 0.1208 USD/GAL 3.86% to 3.2479

• Heating oil increased 0.2058 USD/GAL or 4.74% to 4.5478

The above data was collected around 13:36 EST.

• Top commodity gainers: Heating Oil (4.74%), Gasoline (3.86%), Crude Oil (2.77%) and Coffee (3.37%)

• Top commodity losers: Silver (-4.59%), Methanol (-6.42%), Butter (-3.62%) and Natural Gas (-3.27%)

The above data was collected around 13:45 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.2680% (-0.01bp), US 2’s 3.89% (+0.086%), US 10’s 4.3680% (+11.5bps); US 30’s 4.94 (+0.099%), Bunds 3.0549% (+10.25bp), France 3.7540% (+11.04bp), Italy 3.9630% (+17.22bp), Turkey 30.990% (+37bp), Greece 3.908% (+10.9bp), Portugal 3.546% (+14bp); Spain 3.585% (+13.7bp) and UK Gilts 4.940% (+15.65bp)

The above data was collected around 13:47 EST.

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