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Market brief

Snapshot updated

Nov 6, 2026

Equity indices

Equity indices levels and one-week price changes
InstrumentIndex level1W move
S&P 5007,376.86-2.68%
S&P/TSX Composite35,789.10+0.47%
Nikkei 22557,434.77-9.25%
Government bonds levels and one-week yield moves in basis points
InstrumentYield1W move
United States 10Y4.86%-7.0 bp
Canada 10Y3.66%-14.0 bp
Germany 10Y3.25%-6.5 bp

AI stocks

AI stocks levels and one-week price changes
InstrumentUSD1W move
NVIDIA$186.64-8.80%
AMD$449.04-11.05%
Microsoft$530.61+1.67%

Commodities & crypto

Observation dates by quote

Commodities & crypto levels and one-week price changes
InstrumentUSD1W move
Brent crude futures$98.32-16.42%
Gold futures$4,074.90+4.51%
Bitcoin$75,942.12-2.36%

Yahoo Finance and sovereign yield feeds · Bond moves in basis points

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Aluminum$3,236.25+0.83%
Brent Crude$98.32+0.03%
CAC 408,139.00-0.81%
Copper$6.22-0.50%
DAX25,820-1.92%
FTSE 10010,674-1.01%
Gold$4,075-0.94%
Hang Seng24,482-1.27%
IDX Composite5,050.43+0.40%
Iron Ore$92.70-0.45%
KOSPI5,059.69-6.02%
NASDAQ 10026,990+1.35%
Natural Gas$3.00+1.73%
NIFTY 5025,030+2.01%
Nikkei 22557,435-5.96%
S&P 5007,376.86+0.31%
S&P/TSX Composite35,789+0.52%
Shanghai Composite3,649.18-1.10%
Silver$51.80-0.82%
Soybeans$1,189.00+0.68%
TAIEX39,702-4.51%
WTI Crude$90.83+0.34%
Aluminum$3,236.25+0.83%
Brent Crude$98.32+0.03%
CAC 408,139.00-0.81%
Copper$6.22-0.50%
DAX25,820-1.92%
FTSE 10010,674-1.01%
Gold$4,075-0.94%
Hang Seng24,482-1.27%
IDX Composite5,050.43+0.40%
Iron Ore$92.70-0.45%
KOSPI5,059.69-6.02%
NASDAQ 10026,990+1.35%
Natural Gas$3.00+1.73%
NIFTY 5025,030+2.01%
Nikkei 22557,435-5.96%
S&P 5007,376.86+0.31%
S&P/TSX Composite35,789+0.52%
Shanghai Composite3,649.18-1.10%
Silver$51.80-0.82%
Soybeans$1,189.00+0.68%
TAIEX39,702-4.51%
WTI Crude$90.83+0.34%
The macro frame

Six numbers shaping the conversation.

Inflation, real GDP growth, and job changes in the U.S. and Canada.

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United States

CPI inflation

3.72%

Sep 2026

YoY · adjusted index

Real GDP growth

3.4%

Q3 2026

QoQ annualized

Nonfarm payrolls

+165K

Oct 2026

Jobs · monthly change

Canada

CPI inflation

3.09%

Sep 2026

YoY

Real GDP growth

0.82%

Q2 2026

QoQ

Employment

-4.7K

Oct 2026

Jobs · monthly change

Kunal's weekly read

The week,
decoded.

Last updated: Nov 6, 2026

Week ending Nov 6, 2026 · crypto observations through Nov 5

The S&P 500 rose 0.31% on Friday but lost 2.68% for the week. The Nasdaq 100 gained 1.35% on Friday and finished the week down 4.91%. October labour reports showed US payrolls rising by 165K and Canadian employment little changed. The US unemployment rate edged down to 4.1%, while Canada’s rose to 6.7%.

01

Sector Heatmap

Consumer discretionary (+3.41%), communication (+2.42%) and real estate (+1.94%) led the covered S&P 500 sample. Energy (-11.88%), technology (-7.43%) and industrials (-3.89%) lagged. The sector returns use index weights for the constituents with available quotes.

02

Relative Performance

All four tracked cryptocurrencies fell over the rolling week through November 5. Solana declined 6.65%, followed by Bitcoin (-2.36%), BNB (-1.39%) and Ethereum (-0.67%).

03

Indices Movement

India (+8.58%), Hong Kong (+5.10%) and France (+2.13%) led the week. Taiwan (-12.19%), South Korea (-11.71%) and Japan (-9.25%) lagged. Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite gained 0.47%. Six of the 13 indices advanced in local-currency terms.

04

Bond Market

November 6 ten-year yields were 4.86% in the US, 5.16% in the UK, 3.66% in Canada, 3.25% in Germany and 4.76% in France. The France–Germany gap was about 151 basis points. The Bank of England raised Bank Rate to 4% on November 5. The US and Canadian yield curves use paired November 5 official readings.

November 5 Bank of England decision
05

Commodities

Brent fell 16.42% to $98.32/bbl and WTI fell 12.76% to $90.83 over the week. Henry Hub gas gained 3.45% to $2.998/MMBtu, while gold rose 4.51% to $4,074.90/oz and silver gained 5.51%. OPEC’s physical-crude basket was last verified on October 22.

06

Currencies

The Dollar Index rose 0.41% over the week. EUR/USD gained 0.41% and GBP/USD gained 0.58%. The yen and rupee strengthened against the US dollar as USD/JPY fell 0.19% and USD/INR fell 0.73%. USD/CAD rose 0.22% as the Canadian dollar weakened.

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