China’s volatility continues to weigh heavily on the world markets Thursday with the devaluation of the yuan promoting a sell-off.
China’s volatility continues to weigh heavily on the world markets Thursday with the devaluation of the yuan promoting a sell-off. Asian markets closed lower as a result and European indexes are also being weighed down by weak sentiment on Asia and analysis of the Fed minutes which suggest a September interest rate rise may not happen.
| Latest | 1 month ago | 1 year ago | |
| North America (previous session) |
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| US Dow Jones | 17,348.73 (-0.93 per cent) | -4.15 per cent | +2.18 per cent |
| TSX Composite | 14,036.63 (-1.11 per cent) | -2.70 per cent | -9.80 per cent |
| Europe (at 5.00am ET) |
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| UK FTSE | 6,379.07 (-1.17 per cent) | -6.03 per cent | - 5.57 per cent |
| German DAX | 10,590.13 (-0.86 per cent) | -9.76 per cent | +13.69 per cent |
| Asia (at close) |
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| China CSI | 3,761.45 (-3.21 per cent) | -9.59 per cent | +58.97 per cent |
| Japan Nikkei | 20,033.52 (-0.94 per cent) | -2.99 per cent | +29.63 per cent |
| Other Data (at 5.00am ET) |
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| Oil (Brent) | Oil (WTI) | Gold | Can. Dollar |
| 46.44 (-1.55 per cent) |
40.23 (-1.40 per cent) |
1136.40 (+0.75 per cent) |
U$0.7591 |
| Aus. Dollar |
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| U$0.7287 | |||
