European equities finished the session broadly higher, with Spain’s IBEX 35 leading the region up 1.68% to 19,572. The move stood in contrast to weakness in US tech.
Indices
The continent’s bourses moved together. The DAX 40 added 1.2% to 25,065, the FTSE 100 rose 1.01% to 10,722, and the Euro Stoxx 50 gained 0.93%. The CAC 40 lagged the pack but still closed 0.69% higher.
Wall Street told a different story. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.31% to 28,144 and the S&P 500 slipped 0.05%, while the Dow held a 0.41% gain. Asia’s Nikkei 225 dropped 1.7%, extending a month down 9.62%.
The FTSE now sits up 16.09% on the year, and the IBEX up a striking 36.33%.
Metals
Silver added 1.17% to $58.19, up 4.12% on the week. Gold was near flat at $4,053, up 1.45% over seven days. (A 67% print on the Gold/Singapore-dollar cross reads as a data quirk rather than a market event.)
The softer side of the metals complex was palladium, off 3.02% to $1,255, with platinum easing 0.32%.
Energy and Crypto
Crude pulled back after a strong run. Brent fell 1.83% to $92.61 and WTI dropped 1.77% to $89.41, though both remain up more than 24% on the month.
Crypto stayed under pressure. Bitcoin eased 1.39% to $64,130 and Ethereum slipped 0.96%. The steeper falls came further down the board: Tezos lost 3.63%, Cardano 2.92%, and Solana 2.78%.
Heading into the US close, the split between firm European indices and a heavy Nasdaq remains the session’s defining line.
