Crypto topped the board at the New York close, outpacing every other asset class. Tezos (XTZ) jumped 8.49% to $0.3004 and Uniswap (UNI) rose 8.14% to $7.5375 β the day’s two largest moves across 83 instruments.
Crypto
The strength ran deep. Bitcoin Cash added 2.95% to $272.86, Dogecoin 2.81% to $0.0842 and GRT 2.78% to $0.0259. Ethereum firmed 2.56% to $2,505.88 and Bitcoin 1.86% to $83,260.40.
The one-day bounce sits against a softer week for several names. Bitcoin Cash is down 9.01% over seven days and Solana 7.89%, even as both hold monthly gains (BCH +22.39%, SOL +4.40%). GRT leads the month at +43.09%, with Tezos up 21.77%.
Metals
Precious metals filled out the day’s losers. Silver fell 1.83% to $59.14, now down 6.31% on the month though still 13.84% higher on the year. Platinum dropped 1.48% to $1,664.38 and palladium 1.36% to $1,127.21, the latter off 12.17% over the past month.
Gold was the mildest of the group, easing 0.23% to $4,160.88 while holding a 1.28% weekly gain.
Currencies and energy
The dollar leaned lower against most majors. It shed 0.81% versus the rand (USD/ZAR 16.404), 0.80% versus the Swedish krona, 0.71% against the zloty, 0.70% against the Norwegian krone and 0.44% against the loonie (USD/CAD 1.42176). EUR/USD climbed 0.33% to 1.11962, GBP/USD 0.35% to 1.32544 and NZD/USD 0.45% to 0.56108.
The exception was the Mexican peso: USD/MXN rose 0.51% to 18.352, extending a 2.10% weekly and 7.13% monthly climb.
Crude held firm. USOil gained 1.57% to $93.81, up 6.18% on the week, and UKOil added 0.49% to $104.45, now 68.23% higher on the year.
US equities finished flat: the S&P 500 edged up 0.08% to 7,807.07 and the Nasdaq 100 slipped 0.08% to 30,560.98, down 2.00% on the week but still 24.26% higher on the year, while the Dow eased 0.40% to 51,675.34.
Metals remain the session’s clear weak spot.
