Crypto pulled in two directions as the London day closed. Bitcoin held firm at $78,935, up 1.56%, but the majority of the altcoin board bled red, led by Dogecoin’s 3.97% slide to $0.0896.
Crypto
The split was stark. Bitcoin (+1.56%), Solana (+1.42% to $96.72) and Ethereum (+0.72% at $2,480) posted gains, while XRP dropped 2.53% to $1.4812, Cardano fell 2.52% to $0.2209 and Stellar shed 2.94%.
Despite the daily wobble, the weekly picture stays strong across the board: XRP is still up 48% over seven days, Cardano 26.9% and Solana 25.7%. The pullback trims a run rather than reversing it.
Indices
Tech was the session’s weak spot. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.18% to 29,041 and the S&P 500 slipped 0.37%, while the Dow bucked the trend with a 0.25% gain to 53,455.
Asia set the tone overnight: the Nikkei 225 dropped 1.28% to 65,331 and the Hang Seng lost 1.04%. In Europe the mood was mixed β the FTSE 100 added 0.35% to 10,856 and Spain’s IBEX 35 rose 0.71%, while the DAX 40 eased 0.12% and the Euro Stoxx 50 and CAC 40 finished near flat.
The Nikkei’s longer arc remains extraordinary, up 53.2% on the year; the IBEX carries a 31.8% twelve-month gain.
FX and commodities
The dollar firmed modestly on the day. USD/CAD rose 0.37% to 1.3844 and USD/CHF added 0.22%, while EUR/USD eased 0.15% to 1.1661 and GBP/USD slipped the same to 1.3631. The Norwegian krone was the standout, with USD/NOK down 0.49% and EUR/NOK off 0.78%.
Over the month the greenback’s softer trend still shows: USD/ZAR is down 4.34%, USD/NOK 3.32% and USD/MXN 2.99%.
Crude gave back ground. Brent fell 1.27% to $90.17 and WTI dropped 1.16% to $84.63, though both hold roughly 31-32% year-on-year gains.
Metals diverged. Gold rose 0.58% to $4,650.92 and palladium climbed 1.16%, while silver eased 0.61% to $68.92 and platinum was flat. Silver’s 79.5% twelve-month surge remains the sharpest move in the complex.
Into the US afternoon, the tech-heavy Nasdaq and Nikkei remain the session’s soft spots, while the altcoin retreat sits against a still-elevated weekly run.
