Equities
Commodities
Energy |
Brent Crude Oil |
-4.55% |
WTI Crude Oil |
+0.53% |
Natural Gas |
+5.13% |
Heating Oil |
-4.87% |
RBOB Gasoline |
-4.74% |
Ethanol |
+0.14% |
Metals |
Gold 100oz |
-4.11% |
Platinum |
-2.33% |
Silver 5000oz |
-3.64% |
Copper |
-2.95% |
Palladium |
+0.12% |
Agricultural |
Cocoa |
-0.29% |
Corn |
-0.91% |
White Sugar |
+0.64% |
Coffee (Arabica) |
-4.00% |
Orange Juice |
-0.99% |
Soybean Meal |
-4.37% |
Soybeans |
-4.83% |
Sugar #11 |
-3.31% |
Cattle |
+1.93% |
Feeder Cattle |
+3.76% |
Lean Hogs |
-2.39% |
Coffee (Robusta) |
-2.03% |
Cotton |
-1.98% |
Lumber |
-4.72% |
Wheat |
-5.37% |
Credit Indices
Index |
Change |
Markit CDX EM |
-0.35% |
Markit CDX NA IG |
+0.41% |
Markit iTraxx Asia ex-Japan IG |
+2.92% |
Markit iTraxx Australia |
-0.54% |
Markit iTraxx Europe |
+0.53% |
Markit iTraxx Europe Crossover |
+1.62% |
Markit iTraxx Japan |
-0.27% |
Markit iTraxx SovX Western Europe |
-0.48% |
Markit LCDX (Loan CDS) |
-0.04% |
Markit MCDX (Municipal CDS) |
+1.08% |
The Nifty barely managed to keep its head above water this week.
The ECB finally announced the details of its QE program and it looks like it fell short of what the market expected.
Nifty Heatmap
Index Returns
Sector Performance
Advance Decline
Market Cap Decile Performance
Decile |
Mkt. Cap. |
Adv/Decl |
1 (micro) |
-0.78% |
64/68 |
2 |
+0.39% |
70/62 |
3 |
+0.02% |
68/65 |
4 |
+0.53% |
63/68 |
5 |
+0.01% |
64/68 |
6 |
+0.39% |
71/61 |
7 |
+1.16% |
70/63 |
8 |
+0.99% |
62/69 |
9 |
+1.12% |
66/66 |
10 (mega) |
+1.09% |
73/60 |
Market cap performance was encouraging…
Top Winners and Losers
Pharma was on fire this week…
ETF Performance
The Juniors outperformed the Nifty…
Yield Curve
Bond Indices
Sub Index |
Change in YTM |
Total Return(%) |
GSEC TB |
+0.00 |
+0.13% |
GSEC SUB 1-3 |
-0.28 |
-0.18% |
GSEC SUB 3-8 |
-0.13 |
+0.82% |
GSEC SUB 8 |
-0.09 |
+0.72% |
The rate cut was more of a shock than a surprise…
Equity Mutual Funds
Bond Mutual Funds
Thought for the weekend
Aristotle talked about three kinds of work: theoretical, practical, and poetical.
The first searches for truth.
The second is practical with an objective around action.
The third, however, is lost in our modern culture.
Source: Produce More by Removing More