Asian markets split as Hang Seng gains 1.1% while Nikkei and Shanghai slip. U.S. stocks rose, led by a 1.1% Nasdaq gain. Coffee and cocoa surged 14%.
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Asian markets split on Monday. The Hang Seng climbed 266 points, or 1.14%, to 23,616.32. The Nikkei 225 slipped 6.38 points, or 0.01%, to 69,737.69. Shanghai lost 2.41 points, or 0.06%, to 4,041.24. The ASX 200 fell 13.40 points, or 0.15%, to 8,831.00. India's SENSEX added 521 points, or 0.67%, to 78,285.07. The Nifty50 rose 159.50 points, or 0.66%, to 24,430.35.
Currency moves were also mixed. The Australian dollar gained 0.25% against the U.S. dollar, trading at 0.6956. The New Zealand dollar slipped 0.17% to 0.5702. USDJPY rose 0.46% to 162.10. USDCNY added 0.14% to 6.7946.
European bourses were mixed. The CAC 40 fell 0.33%. The FTSE 100 lost 0.26%. The DAX 30 gained 0.15%. European currencies strengthened. EURUSD edged up 0.03% to 1.1439. GBPUSD rose 0.30% to 1.3391. USDCHF added 0.17% to 0.8050.
U.S. markets closed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 155.84 points, or 0.29%, to 53,055.91. The S&P 500 added 54.19 points, or 0.72%, to 7,537.43. The Nasdaq Composite gained 288.49 points, or 1.12%, to 26,121.16. The Russell 2000 rose 13.43 points, or 0.45%, to 3,009.54.
Canada's TSX Composite fell 62.52 points, or 0.18%, to 35,212.32. Brazil's Bovespa dropped 1,709.81 points, or 0.98%, to 172,360.46.
Oil markets were mixed. Crude oil slipped 0.04% to $68.74 a barrel. Brent rose 0.09% to $72.17. Natural gas added 0.05% to $3.25 per MMBtu. Gasoline jumped 1.83% to $3.00 per gallon. Heating oil rose 1.49% to $3.30 per gallon.
Commodity gainers were led by coffee, up 14.94%, and cocoa, up 14.07%. Soybeans rose 4.31%. Corn added 3.76%. Losers included orange juice, down 2.76%, bitumen, down 2.31%, and wool, down 2.01%. Lead slipped 0.52%.
Precious metals edged lower. Gold fell 0.18% to $4,162.61 an ounce. Silver lost 0.36% to $62.18 an ounce.
Bond yields were mixed. The U.S. 2-year yield fell 6.1 basis points to 4.12%. The 10-year yield dropped 1.6 basis points to 4.474%. The 30-year yield was flat at 4.99%. Japan's 2.838% yield rose 6 basis points. Germany's Bund yield rose 1 basis point to 2.943%. The UK Gilt yield added 1.4 basis points to 4.80%. Turkey's yield surged 239 basis points to 33.36%.
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