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Index Performance
Changes between 2016-10-17 and 2016-10-18
| Ndex | Last | WkChPct | |
| Shanghai Stock Exchange Compos | 3041.167 | -0.66 | |
| MICEX Index | 1966.39 | -0.50 | |
| Russian Trading System Cash In | 983.04 | -0.50 | |
| Mexican Stock Exchange Mexican | 47701.45 | -0.45 | |
| S&P BSE SENSEX Index | 27529.97 | -0.41 | |
| Karachi Stock Exchange KSE100 | 41282.72 | -0.31 | |
| FTSE 100 Index | 6956.34 | -0.31 | |
| S&P/TSX Composite Index | 14584.99 | -0.23 | |
| Russian Depositary Index USD | 1157.66 | -0.17 | |
| Dow Jones Industrial Average | 18138.38 | -0.03 | |
| S&P 500 Index | 2132.15 | -0.02 | |
| Hong Kong Hang Seng Index | 23037.54 | 0.03 | |
| Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG Tota | 47399.9 | 0.20 | |
| Borsa Istanbul 100 Index | 77267.59 | 0.60 | |
| Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI Ind | 2027.61 | 0.60 | |
| Nikkei 225 | 16900.12 | 0.75 | |
| FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Inde | 50906.12 | 0.82 | |
| Deutsche Boerse AG German Stoc | 10513.87 | 0.96 | |
| Ibovespa Brasil Sao Paulo Stoc | 61860.57 | 1.21 | |
| Jakarta Stock Exchange Composi | 5420.369 | 1.50 |
Weekly Currency Performance
| Currency | Last | WkChPct | |
| AUD | 1.3119 | -0.70 | |
| CAD | 1.3137 | -0.42 | |
| RUB | 62.7859 | -0.37 | |
| ZAR | 14.2025 | -0.35 | |
| AZN | 1.5907 | -0.21 | |
| INR | 66.89 | -0.07 | |
| PKR | 104.725 | 0.06 | |
| CNY | 6.7373 | 0.15 | |
| KRW | 1137.9 | 0.18 | |
| TRY | 3.0924 | 0.21 | |
| KZT | 332.13 | 0.22 | |
| JPY | 104.12 | 0.40 | |
| EUR | 0.9089 | 0.50 | |
| LVL | 0.63885 | 0.51 | |
| BRL | 3.1981 | 0.61 | |
| NOK | 8.2074 | 0.69 |
Weekly Commodities Performance
| name | last | WeekCh | |
| NATURAL GAS (NYMEX) | 3.254 | -2.60 | |
| WTI CRUDE OIL (NYMEX) | 49.99 | -0.89 | |
| HEATING OIL (NYMEX) | 156.7 | -0.80 | |
| LIVE CATTLE (CME) | 97.45 | -0.56 | |
| COPPER (COMEX) | 211.1 | -0.52 | |
| COCOA (ICE) | 2684.0 | -0.45 | |
| GOLD SPOT | 1254.64 | -0.27 | |
| GOLD (COMEX) | 1254.4 | -0.25 | |
| SILVER (COMEX) | 17.435 | -0.13 | |
| BRENT CRUDE (ICE) | 52.1 | 0.13 | |
| PLATINUM SPOT | 942.25 | 0.70 | |
| COTTON #2 (ICE) | 70.29 | 1.41 | |
| RBOB GASOLINE (NYMEX) | 150.32 | 1.44 |
Weekly Bond Rates Performance Change in btps
| country | yield | Wk | 1m | 1y | |
| GREECE | 8.28% | 3 | -16 | +57 | |
| UNITED STATES » | 1.77% | -1 | +8 | -26 | |
| BRAZIL | 11.34% | -1 | -85 | -443 | |
| MEXICO | 6.02% | -1 | -2 | +15 | |
| ITALY | 1.40% | -1 | +6 | -20 | |
| SPAIN | 1.11% | -1 | +4 | -66 | |
| NETHERLANDS | 0.16% | -1 | +5 | -56 | |
| CANADA | 1.21% | -2 | +3 | -25 | |
| GERMANY » | 0.05% | -2 | +5 | -49 | |
| FRANCE | 0.33% | -2 | +3 | -58 | |
| PORTUGAL | 3.22% | -2 | -16 | +81 | |
| UNITED KINGDOM » | 1.12% | -3 | +25 | -68 | |
| SWITZERLAND | -0.55% | -3 | -9 | -27 |
Weekly GEM Sov. Bond Rates Performance Change in btps
Data in this table is from last Thursday Fixed Income update
| Country | Average Yield | Yield Average change % pts | |
| Venezuela | 22.69 | 1.87 | |
| Ethiopia | 7.45 | 0.67 | |
| Egypt | 6.07 | 0.28 | |
| Gabon | 8.10 | 0.27 | |
| Angola | 9.79 | 0.27 | |
| Russian Federation | 4.16 | 0.19 | |
| South Africa | 4.76 | 0.19 | |
| Dominican Republic | 5.32 | 0.17 | |
| Zambia | 9.18 | 0.17 | |
| Croatia (Hrvatska) | 3.75 | 0.16 | |
| Hungary | 3.23 | 0.14 | |
| Serbia | 3.69 | 0.14 | |
| Romania | 3.31 | 0.13 | |
| Ukraine | 8.57 | 0.13 | |
| Kazakhstan | 4.47 | 0.12 | |
| Philippines | 2.77 | 0.12 | |
| Indonesia | 3.89 | 0.12 | |
| Kenya | 7.30 | 0.11 | |
| Lebanon | 6.55 | 0.11 | |
| Sri Lanka | 5.37 | 0.09 | |
| Slovak Republic | 1.95 | 0.09 | |
| Malaysia | 3.52 | 0.09 | |
| India | 3.43 | 0.07 | |
| Azerbaijan | 4.76 | 0.07 | |
| Turkey | 4.70 | 0.07 | |
| Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 5.84 | 0.05 | |
| Lithuania | 2.03 | 0.05 | |
| El Salvador | 7.61 | 0.05 | |
| Costa Rica | 6.03 | 0.05 | |
| Ghana | 9.13 | 0.05 | |
| Uruguay | 4.04 | 0.05 | |
| Paraguay | 5.32 | 0.04 | |
| Morocco | 3.17 | 0.04 | |
| Panama | 2.90 | 0.03 | |
| Tunisia | 6.14 | 0.02 | |
| Oman | 4.37 | 0.02 | |
| China | 2.52 | 0.01 | |
| Chile | 2.98 | 0.01 | |
| Jamaica | 5.80 | 0.00 | |
| Poland | 2.36 | 0.00 | |
| United States | 0.53 | 0.00 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4.18 | 0.00 | |
| Peru | 3.34 | 0.00 | |
| Argentina | 6.14 | -0.01 | |
| Brazil | 4.66 | -0.03 | |
| Vietnam | 3.93 | -0.04 | |
| Colombia | 3.73 | -0.04 | |
| Pakistan | 5.27 | -0.04 | |
| Ecuador | 9.59 | -0.08 | |
| Mexico | 4.18 | -0.11 | |
| Mongolia | 7.27 | -0.12 | |
| Iraq | 9.15 | -0.13 |
Chart: BRICS union as political force looks incomplete and castrated without Turkey and South Korea, presence of Canada and Australia would also help.

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Key Comment
Best since the start of the week among various stock markets was Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index +1.50%, Ibovespa Brasil Sao Paulo Stock Exchange Index +1.21%, Deutsche Boerse AG German Stock Index DAX +0.96%, FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index +0.82%,
While worst since the start of the week among various stock markets was Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index -0.66%, MICEX Index -0.50%, Russian Trading System Cash Index -0.50%, Mexican Stock Exchange Mexican Bolsa IPC Index -0.45%,
Best week to date in FX space vs. greenback was AUD +0.70%, CAD +0.42%, RUB +0.37%,
While worst week to date in FX space vs. greenback was NOK -0.69%, BRL -0.61%, LVL -0.51%,
Best among commodities versus last Friday close was RBOB GASOLINE (NYMEX) +1.44%, COTTON #2 (ICE) +1.41%, PLATINUM SPOT +0.70%,
While worst among commodities versus last Friday close was NATURAL GAS (NYMEX) -2.60%, WTI CRUDE OIL (NYMEX) -0.89%, HEATING OIL (NYMEX) -0.80%,
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