The trading day opens with digital assets in front. All five of the session’s biggest gainers are crypto, led by XTZ at +4.66% to $0.2876 and GRT at +4.24% to $0.0246, with Dogecoin up 2.64% to $0.0816 and Cardano 2.44% to $0.2229 close behind.
Crypto
The majors moved with the leaders. Bitcoin added 1.22% to $82,826 and Ethereum rose 1.90% to $2,450, while XRP gained 2.17% to $1.33 and Solana 1.48% to $106.43. Litecoin and BNB firmed too, up 1.88% to $60.71 and 1.12% to $739.36.
The single-session bid sits against a softer month. Bitcoin is still down 4.35% over 30 days, Ethereum 11.70%, and Dogecoin 18.15% β today’s green follows a weaker stretch.
Currencies
The dollar opens on the back foot against most majors. Sterling leads, with GBPUSD up 0.53% to 1.3379 and now 1.14% higher on the week. EURUSD added 0.19% to 1.1234, while AUDUSD and NZDUSD each rose 0.31%, to 0.7003 and 0.5682.
The move is broad across the crosses: USDSEK fell 0.49%, USDNOK 0.35%, USDCAD 0.32% to 1.4060 and USDCHF 0.29% to 0.8244. USDJPY was the outlier, easing just 0.23% to 158.15 while holding a 4.14% gain on the year.
Metals and energy
Palladium is the day’s heaviest decliner outside crypto, off 1.15% to $1,102 and down 16.35% on the month. The other white metals firmed: silver rose 1.89% to $57.95, extending a 3.99% weekly gain, and platinum added 1.14% to $1,653.67. Gold sat out the move, slipping 0.19% to $4,124.31 and now 5.59% lower over 30 days despite a slim 0.77% gain on the year.
Crude held its recent ground. UKOil eased 0.52% to $106.13 but remains up 10.04% on the month, while USOil was flat at $97.98 and 4.68% higher on the week.
Indices
Europe and Wall Street opened firmer. Spain’s IBEX 35 led at +1.23% to 19,148, with the Dow up 1.04% to 52,603 and Germany’s DAX +0.96% to 25,462. The S&P 500 added 0.50% to 7,741 and the Nikkei 225 rose 0.71%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was the lone major index in the red, down 0.41%.
Across the screen, crypto is the session’s clear outperformer and palladium the standout laggard.
