Crypto did the heavy lifting into the London close, with Stellar up 9.23% to $0.19309 and XRP adding 7.75% to $1.4437. The rest of the majors followed the same direction.
Crypto
Stellar and XRP topped the board, but the strength was broad. UNI rose 6.61% to $6.5255 β now up 99.47% on the month β while Solana gained 4.40% to $103.55 and Cardano added 4.09%.
Bitcoin firmed 2.74% to $78,893.55 and Ethereum climbed 3.31% to $2,557.55, the latter up 36.5% over the past month. The lone laggard was XTZUSD, down 3.84% to $0.2477 despite a 46.74% monthly gain.
Currencies
The dollar was firmer across the board. EUR/USD slipped 0.38% to 1.15459 and GBP/USD eased 0.19% to 1.34972, while USD/JPY rose 0.58% to 154.30.
The commodity currencies lagged: NZD/USD fell 0.65% to 0.57698 and is down 1.51% on the week, and AUD/USD eased 0.23% to 0.71337. USD/MXN rose 0.77% to 17.117 and USD/PLN gained 0.68%, both reflecting the broad greenback bid. NOK/SEK dropped 0.67% to 1.03613.
Metals and energy
The metals complex was heavy. Silver fell 1.08% to $63.20 and platinum lost 1.01% to $1,771.48, while gold slipped 0.80% to $4,298.15. Palladium eased 0.39% to $1,283.35, leaving it down 4.51% on the week.
Crude pulled back after a strong run. UKOil fell 1.08% to $102.78 and USOil dropped 0.77% to $97.89, though both hold weekly gains above 5% and monthly gains near 20%.
Indices
Europe was mixed. The IBEX 35 was the weak spot, down 1.13% to 19,631.36, with the Euro Stoxx 50 off 0.74% and the CAC 40 down 0.48%. The DAX 40 bucked the trend, up 0.42% to 25,509.66, and the FTSE 100 added 0.53% to 10,693.15.
US futures leaned higher, with the Nasdaq 100 up 0.59% to 29,170.94 and the S&P 500 up 0.19%. Asia had firmed earlier, the Hang Seng gaining 0.95% and the Nikkei 225 adding 0.51%.
The crypto complex remains the session’s clear outperformer, while the metals stayed the softest corner into the New York handover.
