Precious metals topped the day’s gainers into the New York close. Platinum rose 1.3% to $1,648.65 and palladium added 1.11% to $1,129.25, while the crypto board turned almost uniformly red.

Metals

All four precious metals finished higher. Platinum’s 1.3% gain led, palladium followed at +1.11%, silver rose 0.69% to $57.37 and gold added 0.46% to $4,184.91.

The session’s green masks a softer month. Palladium is down 13.55% over 30 days and silver 13.4%, with silver also off 4.76% on the week. Gold sits 4.42% lower on the month and 1.25% below a year ago, while platinum still holds a 3.09% year-on-year gain.

Crypto

The losers’ board was all crypto. GRT dropped 5.81% to $0.0227, Polkadot fell 4.95% to $1.057, Tezos lost 4.76% to $0.2622 and Bitcoin Cash slid 3.26% to $265.95.

The majors held up better but still fell. Bitcoin eased 0.57% to $80,913.94, Ethereum lost 1.69% to $2,358.55, Solana dropped 1.83% to $101.38 and XRP fell 1.91% to $1.267. Uniswap was the lone gainer, up 0.66% to $7.19.

The damage ran down the board. Dogecoin fell 2.91% to $0.0768, Cardano 2.56% to $0.2134, Litecoin 2.3% to $57.35 and Stellar 2.05% to $0.17259, while BNB eased 1.13% to $708.91. The weekly picture is heavier β€” Polkadot down 9.35% and GRT 9.92% over five sessions, with Tezos off 22.95% on the month.

Equities

US indices closed green. The Nasdaq 100 rose 0.85% to 29,437.37, the S&P 500 added 0.51% to 7,696.60 and the Dow gained 0.39% to 52,177.64. The weekly line is still negative β€” the Nasdaq 100 down 3.75% and the S&P 500 down 1.33%.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.92% to 64,037.07 but remains 5.62% lower on the week. Europe was split: the DAX firmed 0.46% and the FTSE 100 0.33%, while the CAC 40 fell 0.58%, the Euro Stoxx 50 0.54% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng 0.70%.

Energy and FX

Both crude benchmarks gave back ground, USOil off 1.49% to $97.55 and UKOil down 1.5% to $105.95, though each is still up more than 71% on the year.

The dollar firmed against the euro, with EUR/USD down 0.47% to 1.11833 and EUR/JPY off 0.46% to 176.71; USD/JPY was flat at 158.01.

The crypto majors’ weekly slide remains the session’s clearest weak spot.