Performance in the stock market is very mixed today with Asian sector displaying more growth than their European counterparts with Western sector being mostly painted red as the middle of trading week approached us. We are now waiting for the development of the situation in Europe.

Kospi added 0.8 percent.

Topix gained 1.3 percent.

Nikkei Stock Average advanced 1.1 percent.

Shanghai Composite declined 0.3 percent.

MSCI Asia Pacific went up 0.8 percent.

Hang Seng is up 0.07 percent.

Stoxx Europe 600 lost 0.3 percent.

FTSE 100 gained 0.1 percent.

DAX lost 0.6 percent.

MSCI Emerging Market declined 0.1 percent.

A lot of attention of traders is aimed at the discussions on Brexit that tales place today and that is why we see a clear downfall in the euro-pound sector of the market. They are also pushed by growing greenback which experiences the biggest gain in the last two weeks.

Dollar adds 0.3 percent against the basket of six major currencies.

Euro lost 0.4 percent - $1.1531 – the smallest price in week.

Pound goes through the weakest phase in more than a week after 0.5 percent decline - $1.3116.

Oil. although was gaining in the beginning of this trading day is in the red zone today with precious metals also feeling the pressure from the growing greenback and extending yesterday’s losses.

WTI oil lost 0.89 percent through the day - $71.28 per barrel.

Brent lost 0.69 percent - $80.85 per barrel.

Natural gas added 0.72 percent - $3.26 per MMBtu.

Heating oil decreased 0.42 percent - $233.03 per gallon.

Gold fell 0.06 percent - $1230.30.

Silver is up 0.16 percent - $14.73 per ounce.

Platinum is 0.31 percent lower - $838.82.