Market information Monday August 24th 2015

China’s equity benchmark, the Shanghai Composite Index decreased 8.5% today compared to Friday, 2000 shares came close to the daily limit of 10%. When the 10% is reached, trade is automatically halted. Other stock markets in Asia also decreased, with Hong Kong (-5.0%), Japan (-4.6%), South Korea (-2.5%) and Taiwan (-4.8%) showing the largest losses. The main reason for the disappointing results is the continuing concern about the Chinese economy.

Oil prices decreased further today compared to Friday. The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) decreased by 2.5% and now trades at USD 39.50. Brent oil decreased by 2.6% and currently costs USD 44.48. As a result, the stock exchanges in the Middle East fell sharply.

The investment branch of world’s largest oil trading company Vitol, recently the remaining 50% of shares in the Rotterdam tank storage company VTTI purchased for USD 830 million. Every day, Vitol trades 5 million barrels of crude oil and achieved a turnover of USD 270 billion last year.

The 6M Euribor remained unchanged at 0.04%. The 10Y Swap remained unchanged at 0.93%.

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