A subdued session into the London close, with the day’s biggest swings confined to lightly-traded crypto and a firmer Nikkei 225. Most majors barely moved.

Indices

The Nikkei 225 stood out, up 0.41% to 68,952.98 and now 3.66% higher on the week β€” an outlier against a broadly flat board. Its 58.67% year-on-year gain remains the largest in the index set.

Europe was mixed and muted. The DAX 40 edged up 0.14% to 26,484.46, while the Euro Stoxx 50 slipped 0.29% to 6,541.88, the CAC 40 fell 0.27% and the IBEX 35 lost 0.40%. The FTSE 100 firmed 0.14% to 10,764.98, though it sits 0.79% lower on the week.

US futures leaned higher: the Nasdaq 100 added 0.25% to 30,120.14, extending a 1.79% weekly gain, with the S&P 500 up 0.14% and the Dow 0.08%. The Hang Seng closed 0.12% firmer but remains down 2.62% over the week.

Metals and energy

Palladium was the metals leader, up 0.70% to 1,324.30, though still 4.52% lower on the week. Platinum rose 0.22% to 1,755.55, holding a 10.03% monthly advance.

Gold eased 0.12% to 4,370.47 and is off 0.72% over the week, but its month remains strong at 8.76%. Silver ticked up 0.24% to 64.82, keeping a 15.95% monthly gain and a 71.25% climb over the year.

Crude was flat: Brent (UKOil) slipped 0.16% to 86.89 and US crude held at 81.54, both up 0.31% on the week and around 32% higher year-on-year.

Currencies

FX was quiet. EUR/USD was near unchanged at 1.15624, GBP/USD held at 1.35327, and USD/JPY was flat at 159.34. The Norwegian krone was the exception, with NOK/SEK down 0.86% to 0.99845.

The dollar softened modestly against emerging-market names: USD/MXN fell 0.31% to 16.966, USD/ZAR dropped 0.27% to 16.13, and USD/NOK eased 0.14%. USD/CAD was steady at 1.3874.

Crypto

The majors drifted. Bitcoin held at 62,946.63, down 0.11% and 1.50% lower on the week. Ethereum slipped 0.14% to 1,877.73, while BNB fell 0.52% to 603.41. XRP eased 0.40% to 0.997.

The sharpest moves came from the small caps: XTZ dropped 1.80% and GRT fell 1.50%, both deep in the red over the month at -15.20% and -22.02%. UNI bucked the trend, up 1.05% to 3.2715 despite a 17.03% weekly decline.

Into the New York handover, the Nikkei’s run and the crypto tail remain the session’s clearest divergences from an otherwise flat tape.