Crypto altcoins topped the board into the US close, led by Tezos’s 5.06% climb to $0.2884. Crude was the clear drag on the other end, with both oil benchmarks the session’s biggest losers.

Crypto

Tezos (XTZ) led every instrument on the feed, up 5.06% to $0.2884 β€” a move that extends a 20.32% monthly gain even as the token sits 7.09% lower on the week. Stellar followed, +2.88% to $0.20173, with UNI +2.34% to $7.764 and GRT +2.24% to $0.0274. GRT carries the strongest one-month run on the board at +52.22%, though UNI is still down 14.49% over the week.

The majors were steadier. Bitcoin added 0.52% to $83,330.64, holding a 7.88% monthly gain despite a 2.82% weekly slip. Ethereum rose 0.68% to $2,520.58, and Bitcoin Cash gained 1.59% to $284.11, up 25.56% on the month. Polkadot was the lone crypto decliner of note, off 0.72% to $1.246, trimming part of a 22.64% monthly advance.

Energy

Oil set the losing tone. UKOil fell 1.12% to $101.55 and USOil slid 0.83% to $90.21, the day’s two steepest decliners. Both still finished the week higher β€” UKOil +2.41%, USOil +2.10% β€” and both remain sharply up over the year, at +60.59% and +52.20% respectively. USOil, though, is 6.70% lower on the month.

Equities

Hang Seng was the standout index, +2.09% to 24,346.36. Europe edged up, with the Euro Stoxx 50 +0.58% to 6,187.18 and the CAC 40 +0.49% to 7,814.34. US benchmarks were muted into the close: the S&P 500 added 0.17% to 7,829.28, the Nasdaq 100 0.43% to 31,032.88, and the Dow 0.09% to 51,746.95. The Nikkei 225, up just 0.19% to 69,028.43 on the day, still leads the majors over the year at +48.33%.

FX and Metals

Currency moves were small. The rand was the standout, with USDZAR down 0.52% to 16.415 and off 1.32% on the week. The lira softened, USDTRY +0.59% to 49.21. EURUSD eased 0.12% to 1.11847, leaving it 3.54% lower on the month, while USDCAD firmed 0.12% to 1.42719.

In metals, gold slipped 0.11% to $4,190.32 but kept a 1.36% weekly gain; silver edged up 0.18% to $60.93, still +21.13% on the year. Palladium, +0.32% to $1,158.87, remains 11.20% lower over the month.

Crude stayed the session’s weak spot, even with its week-long gains intact.