Altcoins carried the session. GRT rose 7.78% and Chainlink added 7.5%, with Polkadot up 6.57% β a cluster of smaller tokens leading the day’s biggest-mover list.
Crypto
The strength ran down the cap ladder. Solana gained 2.87% to 106.07 and Uniswap rose 3.44%, the latter now up 82% on the month and 39.51% on the week.
The majors were quieter. Bitcoin was flat at 79,883.92 (+0.08%), while Ethereum added 0.98% to 2,504.06 β though ETH still carries a 30.75% month gain. XRP rose 0.96% to 1.4252, up 37.3% over the month.
The standout laggard was BNB, off 1.82% to 751.51, the day’s single biggest decliner despite an 8.89% weekly advance.
Currencies
The Swedish krona was the FX story. USDSEK fell 0.92% to 9.47498, EURSEK dropped 0.79% and GBPSEK slipped 0.78% β krona strength across the board. NOKSEK led the losers at -1.09%.
The dollar was otherwise subdued. EURUSD held at 1.16076 (-0.03%) and GBPUSD barely moved at 1.35101. USDJPY eased 0.1% to 156.06, and the yen firmed broadly on the week: EURJPY is down 2.39% and GBPJPY down 2.51% over seven days.
The rand also gained, with USDZAR down 0.6% to 15.848, extending a 1.55% weekly slide.
Indices and commodities
Wall Street closed near flat. The S&P 500 added 0.06% to 7,713.80, the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.11% and the Dow ticked up 0.04%. All three sit lower on the month but the Nasdaq 100 holds a 24.38% year gain.
Asia outperformed. The Hang Seng rose 0.8% to 25,675.16 and the Nikkei 225 added 0.42%, the latter up 51.77% over the year. European boards were mixed, with the Euro Stoxx 50 up 0.25% and the DAX flat at 26,056.47.
Crude firmed again. USOil rose 0.65% to 90.12 and UKOil added 0.58% to 94.82, both now up more than 5% on the week and roughly 45% on the year.
Metals drifted. Gold eased 0.18% to 4,423.59 and silver was flat at 66.16, though silver retains a 61.93% year gain. Platinum fell 0.65% to 1,812.70.
The smaller crypto names remain the session’s clear leaders, with the Swedish krona the standout mover in FX.
