Key Takeaways Tight trading range: Spot gold held flat at $4,711.0 per ounce, while gold futures slipped 0.3% to $4,725.94 — a pause after last week’s sharp decline. Iran’s new proposal: Tehran has reportedly handed Washington a fresh offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, although it seeks to postpone …

Key Takeaways Rates likely on hold: The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep its benchmark short-term rate at 0.75% on April 28 — its third consecutive pause since the 25 bps hike in December. Hawkish undertones expected: Despite the hold, the BOJ may revise inflation forecasts upward in …

Key Takeaways Records shattered: South Korea’s KOSPI surged 2.3% to an all-time high of 6,630.35, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed as much as 1.6% to a record 60,652.98. Chip stocks lead the charge: SK Hynix soared more than 6% to a fresh peak, Samsung Electronics added 2.5%, and AI-linked stocks …

Key Takeaways Prices stay elevated: Brent crude rose 1.2% to $106.64 per barrel and WTI gained 0.9% to $95.21, with Brent earlier touching $107.97. Iran’s new offer: Tehran has reportedly proposed to the U.S. a fresh deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war, while pushing nuclear …

Key Takeaways First weekly gain in three: The U.S. dollar is on course for its first weekly advance in three weeks, buoyed by safe-haven flows amid the U.S.-Iran standoff. Index steady: The dollar index held broadly flat at 98.80, with the euro unchanged at $1.1686 and the British pound ticking …

Key Takeaways Modest pullback, strong week: Bitcoin slipped 0.3% to $77,794.4 but remains on track for a 4% weekly gain — its fourth straight weekly advance. Institutional appetite surges: U.S.-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted nearly $1 billion in net inflows over the past week, one of the strongest weekly hauls …

Key Takeaways Flagship launch: DeepSeek unveiled preview versions of its new open-source V4 model, featuring enhanced reasoning and performance capabilities. Two-tier lineup: DeepSeek-V4-Pro packs a massive 1.6 trillion parameters, while the leaner V4-Flash runs on 284 billion parameters — both with a 1 million-token context window. Text-only for now: The …

Key Takeaways Stock soars: Intel shares jumped more than 22% in Friday’s premarket trading after the chipmaker delivered a blockbuster earnings beat and upbeat guidance. Guidance crushes estimates: Intel forecasts Q2 2026 EPS of $0.20 (vs. $0.09 consensus) and revenue between $13.8 billion and $14.8 billion (vs. $13.04 billion expected). …

Key Takeaways Broad-based slide: The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell 0.4%, with Germany’s DAX down 0.1%, France’s CAC 40 off 0.4%, and the U.K.’s FTSE 100 losing 0.4%. Fragile ceasefires: Trump’s three-week extension of the Israel-Lebanon truce faces doubts after Hezbollah was excluded from the talks, while the indefinite U.S.-Iran ceasefire …

Key Takeaways Gold under pressure: Spot gold slipped 0.5% to $4,672.22/oz, with prices on track for a steep 3% weekly loss as the dollar surged to its best week since early March. Silver and platinum hit harder: Silver plunged nearly 8% for the week to $74.483/oz, while platinum shed 5.4% …