GRTUSD is the morning’s clear outlier, up 22.99% to $0.0337. That single session dwarfs everything else on the board, and it caps a run of +44.02% on the week and +105.49% on the month. Everywhere else, the majors are close to unchanged.

Crypto leads

Behind GRT the moves are modest but green at the top. Polkadot rose 1.37% to $1.255 and is up 48.87% over the past month; Solana added 1.24% to $122.82. Bitcoin edged up 0.21% to $84,585.42, still 8.15% higher on the month even after a 2.32% dip on the week. Ethereum slipped 0.35% to $2,685.91 and is down 3.21% over seven days.

Litecoin was the day’s weakest major coin, off 1.99% to $71.07 β€” though that follows a 45.16% monthly climb. XRP eased 0.26% to $1.5219.

Currencies stand still

The FX majors are the quiet corner of the session. EUR/USD is off 0.05% at 1.13814, GBP/USD down 0.10% at 1.32279, and USD/JPY flat at 157.27. The Australian dollar is the softest of the bunch, AUD/USD down 0.16% to 0.7012 and 2.06% lower on the month.

The largest currency move sits in the crosses: NOK/SEK fell 1.03% to 1.03099. Among the emerging-market pairs, USD/MXN is up 2.70% on the week at 17.677 and USD/TRY up 0.49% to 48.95, extending a 17.76% year-to-date climb.

Metals and energy

Precious metals are broadly lower. Silver fell 0.90% to $63.73 and is down 4.36% on the week; gold slipped 0.60% to $4,260.55, extending a 4.35% monthly pullback while holding a 13.11% gain on the year. Palladium dropped 0.94% to $1,256.30, now down 12.19% over the month, and platinum eased 0.72% to $1,769.75.

Crude ran the other way. UKOil rose 0.68% to $98.08 and is up 11.70% on the month; USOil gained 0.45% to $91.92. Both sit more than 41% higher over the past year.

Indices soft

Wall Street opens on the back foot: the Dow is down 0.38%, the S&P 500 off 0.26% at 7,722.80, and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.20% but still 3.79% higher on the month. Europe is firmer, with the Euro Stoxx 50 up 0.56% and the IBEX 35 up 0.51%. The Nikkei 225 eased 0.15% yet sits 47.27% above where it stood a year ago.

Across the board, the four precious metals are the session’s weakest corner, all lower on the day while crypto and European equities hold the green.