Crypto stole the session. Cardano jumped 11.42% to $0.2235, topping a broad advance that saw Dogecoin add 9.08% to $0.0889 and XRP climb 9.04% to $1.4717.

The move was wide rather than isolated. Bitcoin rose 5.92% to $81,872, Ethereum gained 5.26% to $2,516, and BNB added 5.41% to $724.78. Solana rose 4.94% to $105.30.

Crypto

The rally reads even stronger over the month. Ethereum is up 31.96%, Solana 42.45% and XRP 38.76% on that horizon, though the longer picture stays deep in the red β€” Cardano remains down 72.38% on the year and XRP off 47.33%.

Bitcoin’s 26.75% monthly gain leaves it 26.08% lower than a year ago, a reminder of how far the sector fell before this recovery leg.

Currencies

The yen was the story in FX, firming against everything. USD/JPY dropped 1.92% to 155.83, the day’s biggest loser outside crypto, with SGD/JPY down 1.88% and GBP/JPY off 1.61% to 210.79.

EUR/JPY fell 1.59% to 181.15 and CAD/JPY slid 1.52%. The yen strength was mirrored in a soft dollar elsewhere: USD/SEK dropped 0.97%, USD/CHF fell 0.82% to 0.80622 and USD/NOK lost 0.47%.

The majors nudged higher against the greenback. EUR/USD added 0.33% to 1.16228, GBP/USD rose 0.32% to 1.35246, and NZD/USD gained 0.52%. AUD/USD firmed 0.47% to 0.71959.

Metals

Precious metals extended their run. Silver rose 2.49% to $66.97 and gold added 2.00% to $4,473.40. Platinum climbed 3.39% to $1,824.98 and palladium led the group with a 5.29% gain to $1,422.76.

Silver’s longer trend remains the standout, up 64.46% over the past year, with gold higher by 25.92%.

Indices

European equities closed mostly higher. The IBEX 35 rose 1.09% to 20,021.91 and the DAX added 0.61% to 26,016.64, while the FTSE 100 gained 0.55% to 10,827.78. The CAC 40 was flat at 8,281.71 and remains down 4.5% on the month.

Wall Street was firmer as London wound down. The Dow rose 1.06%, the Nasdaq 100 added 1.04% to 29,457.13 and the S&P 500 gained 0.91% to 7,740.38.

Energy

Crude held near recent highs. USOil rose 0.92% to $89.95 and UKOil added 0.38% to $94.37. Both remain sharply higher over the month β€” USOil up 21.29% and UKOil up 20.03%.

The yen crosses stayed the session’s clearest directional move, down across the board as crypto ran in the other direction.