Crypto opens the day broadly higher while the Australian dollar opens it broadly lower. Bitcoin Cash tops the board at $278.25, up 3.83% on the session and 26% on the month. Every one of the day’s five biggest losers is an Aussie cross.

Crypto

The green runs across the board. Bitcoin Cash’s 3.83% leads, with Uniswap (UNIUSD) close behind at $7.429, up 3.30% and 10.8% on the month. Litecoin added 2.38% to $60.57 and Tezos (XTZUSD) rose 1.91% to $0.2887, extending a 27.07% monthly gain.

The majors are steadier. Bitcoin sits at $82,223.94, up 0.81% on the day and 8% on the month, though flat over the week. Ethereum gained 1.59% to $2,456.47 and Solana added 1.78% to $105.94. XRP held $1.3389, up 0.75%. The weekly picture is softer than the daily one β€” most names remain down on the week even as today prints green.

Currencies

The Australian dollar is the clear laggard. AUD/CHF fell 1.55% to 0.57117, AUD/NZD dropped 1.13% to 1.22997, and AUD/USD slipped 0.81% to 0.69196, down 2.36% on the month. The euro and pound took the other side: EUR/AUD rose 0.94% and GBP/AUD climbed 1.03%.

Against the dollar the majors firmed modestly. EUR/USD edged up 0.19% to 1.12149 and GBP/USD rose 0.25% to 1.32619. USD/JPY was unchanged at 157.97. The greenback was softer elsewhere, with USD/ZAR off 0.77%, USD/NOK down 0.64% and USD/CHF lower by 0.62%.

Metals and energy

Precious metals rebounded. Silver jumped 2.96% to $57.37, though it remains down 5.66% on the week and 9.26% on the month. Palladium rose 2.32% to $1,127.88, Platinum gained 1.71% to $1,630.83, and Gold added 1.42% to $4,170.34, still 2.37% lower on the month.

Crude split. USOil climbed 2.74% to $96.17, up 5.71% on the week and 68.69% over the year, while UKOil eased 0.47% to $103.76.

Indices

Europe led the equity open. The CAC 40 rose 1.28% to 7,941.36, the FTSE 100 gained 1.20% to 10,816.47 (up 2.27% on the week), and the DAX 40 added 1.10%. Wall Street’s Dow rose 1.05% to 52,179.84. The Nikkei 225 was the outlier, down 0.60% to 65,401.52 and off 5.08% on the week.

Heading into the session, the Australian dollar remains the FX board’s weak spot, and silver’s bounce still sits against a negative week.