Overview of today’s trading day:
Major stock indices around the world mostly ended in the red today, with all indices in the Europe and Americas groups decreasing. In the APAC group, most indices ended in the green today. Gold and Silver are in the red while Platinum is in the green. As for oil, Brent and Crude are both in the red. Lastly, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple are all in the green so far today.
Americas
In the Americas group, each of the five indices ended in the red today. Leading the losses was the Bovespa (-2.36%), which fell over two percent come market close. Next up was the NASDAQ (-1.75%) and S&P 500 (-1.51%), with both indices losing over one and a half percent come market close. The best performance from this group today was seen by the S&P/TSX (-1.15%), which fell over one percent.
Below is a collection of major stock indices from the Americas.
| Index | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % Change |
| Dow Jones | 28022.51 | 28172.99 | 27447.8 | 27609.54 | -330.93 | -1.18% |
| S&P 500 | 3417.69 | 3425.2 | 3329.2 | 3347.64 | -51.32 | -1.51% |
| NASDAQ | 11236.21 | 11299.01 | 10876.26 | 10946.51 | -195.05 | -1.75% |
| S&P/TSX | 16431.59 | 16431.59 | 16151.04 | 16195.35 | -188.25 | -1.15% |
| Bovespa | 101291.31 | 101536.48 | 98714.8 | 98902.39 | -2389.66 | -2.36% |
Indices sorted by best to worst performance:
- Canada’s S&P/TSX (-1.15%)
- US Dow (-1.18%)
- US S&P 500 (-1.51%)
- US NASDAQ (-1.75%)
- Brazil’s Bovespa (-2.36%)
Europe
In the Europe group, each of the five indices ended in the red today. Leading the losses was the CAC (-0.38%) with over a quarter percent decrease. Next up was the Euro Stoxx (-0.36%) and DAX (-0.26%), both of which also lost more than a quarter percent. The best performance from this group today was seen by the FTSE (-0.16%), which fell under a quarter percent come market close.
Below is a collection of major stock indices from Europe.
| Index | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % Change |
| FTSE | 6012.84 | 6028.76 | 5950.62 | 6003.32 | -9.52 | -0.16% |
| Euro Stoxx | 3326.28 | 3337.72 | 3300.08 | 3312.77 | -12.06 | -0.36% |
| DAX | 13265.51 | 13297.71 | 13161.93 | 13202.42 | -34.79 | -0.26% |
| CAC | 5039.48 | 5062.89 | 5005.84 | 5023.93 | -19.05 | -0.38% |
| SMI | 10394.81 | 10430.64 | 10274.35 | 10387.44 | -19.13 | -0.18% |
Indices sorted by best to worst performance:
- England’s FTSE (-0.16%)
- Switzerland’s SMI (-0.18%)
- Germany’s DAX (-0.26%)
- EU’s Euro Stoxx (-0.36%)
- France’s CAC (-0.38%)
APAC
In the APAC group, four out of six indices ended in the green today. Leading the gains was the Sensex (+1.69%), with over a one and a half percent increase. Next was the Nikkei (+0.88%) and KOSPI (+0.87%), with both gaining over three quarters of a percent. The worst performance from this group today was seen by the Hang Seng (-0.64%), which fell over half a percent come market close.
Below is a collection of major stock indices from APAC.
| Index | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % Change |
| SSE | 3282.23 | 3285.47 | 3227.64 | 3234.82 | -19.81 | -0.61% |
| Hang Seng | 24584.94 | 24615.6 | 24293.21 | 24313.54 | -155.39 | -0.64% |
| Nikkei | 23193.47 | 23250.31 | 23134.02 | 23235.47 | +202.93 | +0.88% |
| Sensex | 38516.88 | 38878.25 | 38367.07 | 38840.32 | +646.4 | +1.69% |
| KOSPI | 2404.83 | 2406.68 | 2388.56 | 2396.48 | +20.67 | +0.87% |
| S&P/ASX | 5878.6 | 5955.7 | 5874.8 | 5908.5 | +29.9 | +0.51% |
Indices sorted by best to worst performance:
- India’s Sensex (+1.69%)
- Japan’s Nikkei (+0.88%)
- South Korea’s KOSPI (+0.87%)
- Australia’s S&P/ASX (+0.51%)
- China’s SSE (-0.61%)
- Hong Kong’s Hang Seng (-0.64%)
Commodities
As for commodities, metals including Gold (-0.16%) and Silver (-0.5%) are in the red while Platinum (+0.49%) is in the green. Silver has changed the most so far out of the three by half a percent. Brent (-2.35%) and Crude (-2.6%) oil are in the red so far, with both in the red by over two percent. Per barrel prices are at around $39.83 for Brent and $37.06 for Crude.
Below is a list of popular commodity futures contracts.
| Commodity | Open | High | Low | Last | Change | % Change |
| Gold | 1955.2 | 1975.0 | 1949.4 | 1951.8 | -3.1 | -0.16% |
| Silver | 27.2 | 27.74 | 26.86 | 26.95 | -0.13 | -0.5% |
| Platinum | 926.0 | 947.35 | 920.6 | 930.65 | +4.55% | +0.49% |
| Brent | 40.6 | 40.95 | 39.75 | 39.83 | -0.96 | -2.35% |
| Crude | 37.77 | 38.17 | 36.95 | 37.06 | -0.99 | -2.6% |
Cryptocurrency
On the crypto front, each of the three cryptos within are in the green so far, with Ethereum (+3.58%) leading with a gain over three and a half percent. Next, Ripple (+1.19%) is up over one percent, and lastly Bitcoin (+0.50%) is up so far by half a percent.
Below are three of the top Cryptocurrencies in terms of market cap.
| Cryptocurrency | Open | High | Low | Last | Change | % Change |
| Bitcoin | 10224.3 | 10480.3 | 10219.2 | 10275.6 | +51.0 | +0.50% |
| Ethereum | 351.1 | 376.92 | 350.86 | 363.68 | +12.58 | +3.58% |
| Ripple | 0.239 | 0.2486 | 0.2389 | 0.2419 | +0.0028 | +1.19% |
NOTE: ALL MARKET DATA IS GATHERED BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA AT 16:00 EST (20:00 UTC). COMMODITIES AND CRYPTOCURRENCIES BOTH HAVE AN OPEN TIME OF 00:00 UTC (8PM EST)
