Crypto opens the day split. Bitcoin firmed 1.56% to $78,935 and Solana added 1.42% to $96.72, but the majority of altcoins slid, leaving the space without a clear direction.

Crypto

The losers’ board is crowded with coins. Dogecoin dropped 3.97% to $0.0896 and XRP fell 2.53% to $1.4812 β€” though XRP still carries a 48.03% weekly gain, the largest in the group.

Cardano lost 2.52% to $0.2209 and Stellar shed 2.94%. Ethereum bucked the pullback with a 0.72% gain to $2,480.87, and BNB held flat at $703.70.

The longer view stays firmly positive: Ethereum is up 27.05% on the month and Bitcoin 20.83%, even as Bitcoin remains 28.34% lower over the year. The day’s session simply trimmed the recent surge at the smaller end.

Indices

Equities lean soft, led by tech. The Nasdaq 100 fell 1.18% to 29,041.55 and the Nikkei 225 dropped 1.28% to 65,330.59, the heaviest index move of the session.

The S&P 500 eased 0.37% to 7,657.22 and the Hang Seng lost 1.04%. The Dow held greener, up 0.25% to 53,454.72, and the FTSE 100 rose 0.35% to 10,855.72.

Europe was quiet: the DAX slipped 0.12%, the Euro Stoxx 50 was flat, while the IBEX 35 gained 0.71% and sits 31.79% higher on the year. The Nikkei’s 53.17% annual rise still leads the board despite the daily dip.

Currencies

The dollar was mixed against majors. USD/CAD rose 0.37% to 1.38436 and USD/CHF added 0.22%, while EUR/USD eased 0.15% to 1.16614 and GBP/USD slipped 0.15% to 1.36307.

The krone stood out on the other side: USD/NOK fell 0.49% to 9.25696, extending a 3.32% monthly decline. USD/ZAR drifted 0.07% lower to 15.977, down 4.34% on the month. USD/JPY nudged up 0.11% to 159.04 but remains 2.79% lower over the month.

Metals and Energy

Gold rose 0.58% to $4,650.92, up 13.60% on the month and 38.64% on the year. Silver eased 0.61% to $68.92 but holds a 79.49% annual gain, and platinum was near flat at $1,882.86 after a 16.46% monthly climb. Palladium added 1.16% to $1,370.77.

Crude pulled back: Brent fell 1.27% to $90.17 and WTI lost 1.16% to $84.63, though both remain more than 30% higher year-on-year.

The tech-heavy indices and the altcoin losers remain the session’s clearest weak spots as trading gets underway.