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EUR/USD gains ground after registering modest losses in the previous session, trading around 1.1620 during the Asian hours on Friday. The technical analysis of the daily chart suggests an ongoing bearish bias as the pair remains within the descending channel pattern.
GBP/USD edged lower by 0.2% on Thursday, settling close to 1.3350 in a strained trading session that kept the pair pinned near three-month lows. Price briefly recovered earlier in the day on reports that Iran had indirectly signaled openness to talks with the CIA, but the bounce faded as Israeli officials reportedly advised Washington to disregard the overture.
Gold price jumps back above $5,100 in the Asian session on Friday. The precious metal regains traction, helped by a fresh bout of US Dollar selling and persisting risk-off flows. The US employment report for February will take center stage later on Friday.
US spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds recorded $169 million in net inflows on Wednesday, marking the largest daily intake in two months, according to SoSoValue data. The rise in inflows signals renewed institutional interest in Ethereum amid broader market volatility.
The Asian open is arriving with equities leaning the wrong way, and the reason is not complicated. The market’s compass needle has snapped firmly toward crude. In this tape, oil is not just another input price; it is the gravitational center around which every asset class is orbiting.
Ripple (XRP) continues to demonstrate notable resilience as the cryptocurrency market navigates the persistent war in the Middle East after the United States (US) and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday.
