Posted originally on: Oct 30, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |

ASIA:

The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today:

• NIKKEI 225 decreased 1,369.36 points or -2.12% to 63,290.11

• Shanghai decreased 52.417 points or -1.44% to 3,599.017

• Hang Seng increased 335.77 points or 1.46% to 23,294.42

• ASX 200 increased 16.30 points or 0.18% to 8,908.10

• SENSEX increased 308.49 points or 0.42% to 74,459.53

• Nifty50 increased 116.35 points or 0.51% to 23,053.10

The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today:

• AUDUSD increased 0.00016 or 0.02% to 0.70316

• NZDUSD increased 0.00003 or 0.01% to 0.56343

• USDJPY decreased 0.252 or -0.16% to 157.461

• USDCNY decreased 0.00274 or -0.04% to 6.65420

The above data was collected around 13:37 EST.

Precious Metals:

•  Gold decreased 136.37 USD/t oz. or -3.39% to 3,884.94

•  Silver decreased 2.966 USD/t. oz. or -5.69% to 49.178

The above data was collected around 13:40 EST.

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EUROPE/EMEA:

The major Europe stock markets had a mixed day today:

•  CAC 40 decreased 0.58 points or -0.01% to 7,969.42

•  FTSE 100 increased 7.71 points or 0.07% to 10,729.78

•  DAX 30 decreased 221.47 points or -0.85% to 25,818.21

The major Europe currency markets had a mixed day today:

• EURUSD decreased 0.00275 or -0.25% to 1.11526

• GBPUSD increased 0.00095 or 0.07% to 1.33867

• USDCHF decreased 0.00024 or -0.03% to 0.82415

The above data was collected around 13:46 EST.

AMERICAS:

US Markets:

• DJIA declined by 572.25 points (1.09%) to 51,770.31
• S&P 500 declined by 140.32 points (1.82%) to 7,580.07
• NASDAQ declined by 747.73 points (2.86%) to 25,436.999
• Russell 2000 declined by 47.37 points (1.66%) to 2,811.844

Canada:

• TSX Composite declined by 629 points (1.74%) to 35,620.03
• TSX 60 declined by 31.76 points (1.47%) to 2,125.02

Brazil:

• Bovespa declined by 1,264.62 points to 167,921.8

ENERGY:

The oil markets had a mixed day today:

•  Crude Oil increased 2.592 USD/BBL or 2.54% to 104.592

•  Brent increased 3.05 USD/BBL or 2.75% to 113.850

•  Natural gas decreased 0.0504 USD/MMBtu or -1.71% to 2.9016

•  Gasoline increased 0.0783 USD/GAL 2.54% to 3.1664

•  Heating oil increased 0.0992 USD/GAL or 2.16% to 4.6867

The above data was collected around 13:48 EST.

•  Top commodity gainers: Crude Oil (2.54%), Brent (2.75%), Gasoline (2.54%) and Bitumen (4.09%)

•  Top commodity losers: Orange Juice (-3.42%), Platinum (-4.31%), Silver (-5.69%) and Gold (-3.39%)

The above data was collected around 13:54 EST.

BONDS:

Japan 2.7700% (-7.03bp), US 2’s 4.60% (-0.002%), US 10’s 4.9360% (-0.2bps); US 30’s 5.32 (+0.015%), Bunds 3.3223% (-3.34bp), France 4.9720% (+6.14bp), Italy 4.4900% (+0.79bp), Turkey 33.03% (+4bp), Greece 4.3110% (+2.30bp), Portugal 3.7960% (-5.61bp); Spain 3.9490% (-3.2bp) and UK Gilts 5.2885% (-0.55bp)

The above data was collected around 13:59 EST.

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