Thursday, 27 August 202627 Aug 2026MORNING EDITIONVol. 26 · No. 239
The Daily Fin ReportMarkets · Money · The Printed Page
Section M

The Markets Atlas

A live market atlas — set in tabular type, drawn as a printed plate. Three plates of the morning tape: the wide atlas, the sector map, and the desk notes running in the margin.

Section M · Market Atlas

The Atlas of the Wire

Indices, currencies, sovereign yields and commodities set in tabular type — read across the columns as the morning desk would have set them: last, net, percentage, range, and a hand-drawn trace of the day's path.

Filed
Thu, 27 Aug 2026, 18:46 LONDON
Status
Indicative · open wire
Source
DFR Desk Composite

Equities · Cash

Close of session · local currency
SymbolInstrumentLastNet% ChgDay RangeIntraday
UKXFTSE 1008,142.30+34.10+0.42%8,094 · 8,164
DAXDAX 4018,406.92−33.18−0.18%18,358 · 18,470
PX1CAC 407,612.05+8.42+0.11%7,581 · 7,634
SX5ESTOXX 600521.74+0.94+0.18%519.3 · 522.9
SPXS&P 5005,738.17+11.20+0.20%5,712 · 5,748
NDXNasdaq 10019,914.62−62.40−0.31%19,832 · 20,008
NKYNikkei 22539,442.31+216.50+0.55%39,182 · 39,508
HSIHang Seng17,732.46−48.91−0.28%17,640 · 17,808

Currencies

Spot · mid · against USD unless noted
SymbolInstrumentLastNet% ChgDay RangeIntraday
EURUSDEuro / US Dollar1.0814−0.0004−0.04%1.0798 · 1.0831
GBPUSDSterling / US Dollar1.2731+0.0018+0.14%1.2703 · 1.2752
USDJPYUS Dollar / Yen149.34+0.18+0.12%149.02 · 149.51
USDCHFUS Dollar / Swiss Franc0.8842+0.0006+0.07%0.8828 · 0.8851
AUDUSDAustralian / US Dollar0.6612−0.0009−0.14%0.6598 · 0.6627
USDCNHUS Dollar / Offshore Yuan7.1234+0.0042+0.06%7.1198 · 7.1251

Rates · Sovereigns

Yield-to-maturity · end-of-day
SymbolInstrumentLastNet% ChgDay RangeIntraday
UST10US 10-Year Treasury4.07%−2 bp−0.49%4.04 · 4.12
UST02US 2-Year Treasury4.31%−3 bp−0.69%4.28 · 4.35
GB10UK 10-Year Gilt4.07%+2 bp+0.49%4.04 · 4.09
DE10German 10-Year Bund2.36%+1 bp+0.42%2.34 · 2.38
JP10Japan 10-Year JGB0.94%−1 bp−1.06%0.93 · 0.96
CH10Swiss 10-Year Conf0.71%0 bp0.00%0.70 · 0.73

Commodities

Front-month · USD per unit noted
SymbolInstrumentLastNet% ChgDay RangeIntraday
CLBrent Crude (USD/bbl)82.16+0.94+1.16%80.94 · 82.48
COWTI Crude (USD/bbl)78.42+0.81+1.04%77.34 · 78.71
GCGold (USD/oz)2,684.30−6.10−0.23%2,672 · 2,694
SISilver (USD/oz)31.74+0.18+0.57%31.42 · 31.92
HGCopper (USD/lb)4.31−0.02−0.46%4.28 · 4.34
NGNatural Gas (USD/mmBtu)2.61+0.04+1.56%2.54 · 2.64

▲Higher on the session▼Lower on the session■Unchanged

Indicative tape, desk composite, end of session in London. Not investment advice. The trace column records the intraday path as a printed instrument would have it.

Plate II · Sector Map

A Map of the Session

Eleven sectors of the STOXX 600, drawn as the heat they leave on the page. Cell tone is the day's net move; cell size, the index weight. The annotations along the right margin are the editor's reading of the map.

ReferenceSTOXX 600
Session+0.18%
Breadth7 up · 5 dn
ENRSEnergy+1.92%
FINLFinancials+0.84%
INDUIndustrials+0.41%
MATSMaterials−0.62%
CONSConsumer Disc.−1.14%
HLTHHealth Care−0.31%
TECHTechnology−0.74%
CMSTComm. Services+0.18%
UTILUtilities+0.06%
REALReal Estate−0.93%
STPLConsumer Stap.+0.22%
DEFSDefensives−0.04%
Side Rail · Morning Wire

Notes From the Desk

Six short dispatches from the wire — read down the column as a standing reader would. The foot of the column carries the editor's standing note for the day.

  1. 07:14LondonRates

    Gilt auction clears, demand outpaces supply by 2.4×

    A £4.25bn tap of the 4¼% 2034 came in comfortably through the curve — the DMO's third consecutive clean book this quarter.

    Filed by M. Hatherley

  2. 06:58FrankfurtCurrencies

    Euro steady ahead of ECB minutes; focus on guidance language

    Traders are parsing last week's press conference for any softening of the data-dependent stance.

    Filed by A. Wenner

  3. 06:40TokyoEquities

    Nikkei closes at 39-week high on financials, exporters

    A weaker yen and a steady domestic inflation print lifted banks and auto names; Fast Retailing led the index.

    Filed by K. Ueno

  4. 05:55GenevaCommodities

    Brent pierces $82 as OPEC+ signals tightening through Q1

    Two delegates suggested the alliance would prefer a flat quota window into the new year.

    Filed by P. Aebischer

  5. 05:22LondonCredit

    IG primary reopens after a quiet week; bankers report strong order books

    Two FIG issuers are sounding investors ahead of expected Tuesday prints. Spreads at the front end tightened 3bp.

    Filed by S. Okafor

  6. 04:48BrusselsPolicy

    EU finance ministers to discuss fiscal-rules review on Tuesday

    The agenda pairs the medium-term fiscal-structural plan with the second payment under the recovery instrument.

    Filed by R. Lemaire