Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.2% to $67.51 while gold traded up 1% at $2,782.00.

Silver traded up 1.9% to $34.630 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.1% to $4.3650.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 slipped 0.37%, Germany's DAX fell 0.18% and France's CAC 40 slipped 0.29%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.74%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.52%.

Retail sales in Spain rose by 4.1% year-over-year in September, while retail sales volumes in the UK fell by 6% in October following a 4% increase in September.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.77%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 0.49%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.08% and India's BSE Sensex surging 0.45%.

Hong Kong’s trade deficit shrank to $53.2 billion in September from $64.6 billion in the year-ago month.

Economics

• The number of job openings declined by 418,000 to 7.443 million in September versus a revised 7.861 million in the previous month and below market estimates of 7.99 million.
• The FHFA house price index rose 0.3% in August, above market estimates of a 0.2% rise.
• The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index rose 5.2% year-over-year in August versus a 5.9% gain in July.
• U.S. wholesale inventories declined by 0.1% month-over-month to $905 billion in September compared to revised 0.2% gain in the earlier month.
• The U.S. trade deficit increased to $108.2 billion in September from the $94.2 billion gap in the previous month.
• The Dallas Fed general business activity index for Texas’ service sector climbed to 2 in October compared to a reading of -2.6 in the prior month.

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