📊 𝗨𝗦 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲: Dow +0.49% to a record 54,349 🟢 | S&P 500 –0.17% to 7,724 | Nasdaq –0.83% to 26,363 🔴 – AI-spending jitters dragged tech lower.
🌏 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: Pulling back after Wednesday's rally (Nikkei +3.7%, KOSPI +3.8%) – chip stocks lead losses on US tech contagion, Nikkei 225 down to ~65,350, KOSPI down near 2% to ~6,470. ASX also softer.
🥇 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱: XAU/USD ~$4,278, up ~0.7% 📈 – safe-haven demand and Fed rate-cut hopes keep it near multi-month highs.
🛢️ 𝗢𝗶𝗹: WTI ~$75.2 | Brent ~$79.3 – steady, capped by growing hopes for a US–Iran–Oman deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
💱 𝗙𝗫: EUR/USD ~1.155, a 7-week high, dollar broadly soft; PBOC fixed USD/CNY at 6.7895.
🏦 𝗙𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵: July ADP payrolls hit just +44K, weakest this year. Fed's Cook due to speak today; Daly says tariff-driven inflation pressure is fading, backing the July rate hold.
📌 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: Tech-led pullback in Asia vs cooling oil & dovish Fed signals – expect choppy, headline-driven trading.
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