Overnight moves in forex, gold, silver, oil and the major indices, plus the headlines that drove them. Read it with your morning coffee.
May CPI landed in line at 4.2% with a softer 0.2% core, but escalation dominated: gold plunged more than 5% to around $4,000, the Dow lost 953 points and Brent jumped about 4% to $95.
Read the wrap → Wednesday, June 10, 2026Gold is down nearly 18% from its January peak and has erased all 2026 gains. The Nasdaq shed more than 5% in a week. Here is what is driving both assets lower at the same time.
Read the analysis → Tuesday, June 9, 2026A cautious Middle East de-escalation steadied equities, with the Nasdaq rebounding 0.86%, and pulled Brent back from a near-5% intraday spike, while a firm dollar kept gold sliding to fresh multi-month lows near $4,290 ahead of US CPI.
Read the wrap → Friday, June 5, 2026A blowout May payrolls print (172K vs ~80K expected) sent Treasury yields and the US dollar surging. Nasdaq tumbled 4.2%, gold slid to three-month lows near $4,300, and EUR/USD broke down toward 1.1500.
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