Daily global market review
The VIX index decreased by 0.01 points, which is a small decrease of 0.05%. The Russell 2000 index in the United States decreased by 12.90 points, or 0.72%. In Canada, the S&P/TSX Composite index increased by 32.47 points, or 0.16%, while the S&P/TSX 60 index increased by 2.43 points, or 0.20%. In Brazil, the BOVESPA index increased by 675.95 points, or 0.64%, and in Chile, the S&P IPSA index increased by 46.21 points, or 0.87%. Lastly, in Mexico, the S&P/BMV IPC index decreased by 271.51 points, or 0.50%.
The STOXX Europe 50 for Europe is at 4,001.92, showing an increase of 2.58 points or 0.06%. The STOXX Europe 600 for Europe is at 462.38, indicating a rise of 0.59 points or 0.13%. The United Kingdom's FTSE 100 is at 7,824.84, up by 39.12 points or 0.50%. The FTSE MIB for Italy is at 27,629.34, demonstrating an increase of 103.83 points or 0.38%. Lastly, the CAC 40 for France is at 7,396.94, with a slight increase of 6.66 points or 0.09%.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index closed at 28,082.70, up 159.33 points or 0.57% from the previous day. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was down 175.38 points or 0.86% to close at 20,309.86. In China, the Shanghai Composite index increased by 13.61 points or 0.41% to close at 3,327.18. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed at 7,343.90, up 34.00 points or 0.47% from the previous day. The KOSPI index in South Korea increased by 2.78 points or 0.11% to close at 2,550.64. In Taiwan, the Taiwan SE index closed at 15,932.97, up 19.09 points or 0.12% from the previous day's close.
Most active ETF's: the TQQQ (ProShares UltraPro QQQ) had a closing price of 26.13, a decrease of 0.71, which represents a percentage change of -2.65%. It had a trading volume of 173.13M shares, a closing bid of 16.10, and an ask of 50.98. On the other hand, the SQQQ (ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ) had a closing price of 31.69, an increase of 0.81, representing a percentage change of 2.62%. It had a trading volume of 144.96M shares, a closing bid of 29.18, and an ask of 69.55. The SPY (SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust) had a closing price of 408.05, a decrease of 1.67, which represents a percentage change of -0.41%. It had a trading volume of 86.26M shares, a closing bid of 348.11, and an ask of 450.01. The BOIL (ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natural Gas) had a closing price of 3.25, a decrease of 0.36, which represents a percentage change of -9.97%. It had a trading volume of 85.07M shares, a closing bid of 2.96, and an ask of 140.50. Finally, the SOXL (Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares) had a closing price of 15.33, a decrease of 0.88, which represents a percentage change of -5.43%. It had a trading volume of 76.30M shares, a closing bid of 6.21, and an ask of 30.85.
The Nasdaq Crypto Index, also known as NCI, had a value of 1,748.66, which represented a decrease of 5.87 points or 0.33%. Bitcoin, also known as BTCUSD, had a value of 29,959.00, representing a decrease of 317.00 points or 1.05%. Ether, also known as ETHUSD, had a value of 1,915.40, representing an increase of 22.50 points or 1.19%. Litecoin, also known as LTCUSD, had a value of 92.21, which represented a decrease of 1.93 points or 2.05%. XRP, also known as XRPUSD, had a value of 0.51, representing a decrease of 0.01 points or 2.41%.
The 3-month Treasury yield increased by 0.020% to reach 4.893%. Meanwhile, the 2-year Treasury yield decreased by 0.079% to stand at 3.966%, and the 5-year Treasury yield decreased by 0.091% to 3.459%. The 10-year Treasury yield also decreased, albeit by a lesser margin of 0.034%, and stood at 3.399%. Finally, the 30-year Treasury yield increased by 0.007% to reach 3.627%.
The Euro/US Dollar pair (EUR/USD) was at 1.0993, a decrease of 0.0001 or 0.01%. The British Pound/US Dollar pair (GBP/USD) was at 1.2482, showing no change or 0.00%. The US Dollar/Canadian Dollar pair (USD/CAD) was at 1.3441, an increase of 0.0003 or 0.02%. The US Dollar/Swiss Franc pair (USD/CHF) was at 0.8961, with no change or an increase of 0.01%. The US Dollar/Japanese Yen pair (USD/JPY) was at 133.2015, an increase of 0.1325 or 0.10%.
The Bloomberg Commodity index increased by 1.09 points or 0.46%, while the UBS Bloomberg CMCI rose by 6.78 points or 0.45%. The Rogers International index also increased by 22.99 points or 0.62%, while the Reuters/Jefferies CRB index went up by 1.14 points or 0.38%. The S&P GSCI index showed the highest increase of 37.50 points or 1.09%. Among the energy commodities, the WTI crude oil decreased by 0.14 points or 0.17%, whereas Brent crude oil increased by 1.72 points or 2.01%. RBOB gasoline and natural gas both decreased by 1.37 points or 0.48% and 0.01 points or 0.29%, respectively, whereas heating oil decreased by 0.43 points or 0.16%. Among the precious and industrial metals, gold increased by 4.20 points or 0.21%, and silver increased by 0.15 points or 0.60%, while copper decreased by 1.10 points or 0.27%, and platinum decreased by 0.13 points or 0.01%. Among agricultural commodities, wheat showed the highest increase of 5.50 points or 0.82%, followed by live cattle, which increased by 0.90 points or 0.55%. Corn remained unchanged, while cocoa and cotton #2 both decreased by 37.00 points or 1.27% and 0.30 points or 0.36%, respectively.