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Three markets are converging on decisive levels at once: Brent crude is testing $120 resistance on Middle East supply risk, the US 10-year yield is holding near 5% as inflation and growth fears compete, and Nasdaq is barely clinging to 25,803 support on AI-financing concerns. With the Fed, GDP, PCE and Big Tech earnings all landing next week, the interaction between these three could matter more than any single move.

The immediate equity-market retreat may be stabilizing, but geopolitical and sovereign risks have yet to ease materially. Oil markets are increasingly concerned with reports of possible US-Israeli strikes against Iran after the November 3 midterm elections, particularly as supply buffers remain limited and regional security threats continue. In Europe, France’s private-sector activity has returned to contraction, compounding fiscal and political concerns ahead of Moody’s scheduled rating review.

Gold briefly traded below $4,000 even as the US 10-year yield fell ~17bps to 4.96% on a tech-led equity selloff—a breakdown in the usual rate relationship that points to liquidity and positioning pressures, and possibly forced liquidation. The break below 4,066.21 support puts the 3,942–3,924 zone in immediate focus, with a deeper risk toward 3,750 if selling accelerates.

Technology stocks are falling across Asia and Europe, with Nasdaq-100 futures down around 1.8–1.9%, as investors question the financing and returns of AI investment. Yen and Swiss Franc lead, while Aussie and Kiwi are weakest.

Yen is the top-performing major currency as Asian tech and semiconductor stocks sell off sharply and China stimulus hopes fade. AUD/JPY has been rejected at the 111.04–111.19 resistance zone and broken below 110.37 support, suggesting its rebound from 108.62 may already be over, while USD/JPY's 156.36 level holds the key to a broader bearish reversal.

Silver has dropped roughly 2.8% to 56.32, sharply underperforming gold's 1.2% decline, as renewed attacks on Saudi infrastructure keep Brent near $110 and revive inflation-driven tightening concerns. A break below 55.37 would expose the 54.85–54.77 support cluster, with a deeper fall potentially bringing the $50 level back into focus.

France’s 10-year government bond yield has crossed the psychologically important 5% threshold for the first time since 2002, while the OAT–Bund spread is pressing toward its October high. Yet Euro is showing little evidence of an accelerating selloff. The divergence raises an important question: how much further can French sovereign stress develop before currency markets respond more decisively?

RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser's warning that Australia's inflation outlook has "materially worsened" pushed November hike odds from ~27% to the 40–45% range. AUD/USD has broken above 0.7012 resistance and now faces a critical test at 0.7024–0.7035, with October 28's Q3 CPI report set to decide whether the repricing becomes a durable Aussie rally.

French government bond yields are again approaching 5%, keeping Euro under pressure even as Dollar weakens broadly. EUR/CHF and EUR/GBP are falling, while Sterling and Canadian Dollar are among the strongest major currencies. The contrast reflects two competing forces: mounting concerns over France’s fiscal and political outlook, and expectations for further monetary tightening in Britain and Canada.

Gold is struggling to hold above $4,100 as Brent tests $110 and the US 10-year yield attempts to recover. Whether $4,000 comes under threat depends on a tug-of-war between oil-driven inflation pressure pushing yields higher and lingering AI-related financial stress keeping defensive Treasury demand alive.

The probability of an October 28 BoC hike jumped from 30% to 82.8% in a single weekend, driving USD/CAD toward the 1.4000 reversal zone. But with markets already pricing roughly four hikes through September 2027, one increase may not be enough—the Bank's updated inflation projections and guidance will decide whether the breakdown holds.

Australian and Canadian Dollars are leading major currencies on Monday, but the gains are far from evidence of a broad risk-on rally. Aussie is benefiting from stronger-than-expected Chinese economic data and reduced conviction that RBA tightening has finished. Loonie, meanwhile, has retained much of its strength despite softer Canadian core inflation, supported by elevated oil prices.

A November BoE hike is 93.2% priced, but economists are far less convinced about what follows—with this week's UK wages and September CPI data set to decide whether December tightening gets closer to certainty, just as GBP/USD tests the key 1.3341 Fibonacci resistance.

EUR/CAD gapped sharply lower at the weekly open, falling from 1.6269 to as low as 1.5777, as violent weekend unrest in France compounded an already elevated fiscal risk premium while Canadian Dollar held onto support from Friday's oil surge—with Tuesday's French budget vote and Friday's Moody's review now the key tests of whether the breakdown toward 1.5733 and 1.5610 extends.

The Dollar extended its broad-based decline on Friday as Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh offered no indication that another rate hike was becoming more urgent at the October 27–28 FOMC meeting, despite hotter-than-expected CPI and PPI reports. According to CME FedWatch, the probability of an October hike dropped from 27.7% to 16.1%, while the Dollar Index fell toward 101.69.

GBP/USD Rebounds on Dollar Weakness, but EUR/GBP and GBP/CHF Hold the Sterling Verdict TL;DR: GBP/USD has rebounded sharply from 1.3135, but with EUR/GBP stalling near a key support level and GBP/CHF still stuck below 1.1105, the move looks more like a Dollar retreat than genuine Sterling strength—even as a November...

US producer inflation surged far beyond expectations on Thursday, retail sales beat forecasts and layoffs remained contained, yet Treasury yields continued falling and the Dollar struggled to recover. The AI-related selloff that hit Nasdaq on Wednesday extended into Asia, sending South Korea’s KOSPI down 7.57% and Japan’s Nikkei down 4.90%, even as TSMC reported record third-quarter profit.

Australia's September employment contracted by 39,300 and unemployment held at 4.7%, driving interest-rate markets to price less than one more 25bp RBA hike through mid-2027—sending AUD/NZD and AUD/USD both lower, with October 28's quarterly CPI now the key test of whether that repricing has gone too far.

A hot US CPI briefly sent the 10-year yield to 5.329% and DXY to 102.945, but both reversed sharply as AI financing fears hit CoreWeave, Oracle and Asian tech stocks—with the Dollar notably failing to catch a haven bid as yields retreated toward 5.10% and 101.285 becomes the next technical level to watch.

The Dollar surged broadly on Wednesday after September’s US core CPI beat expectations, reversing the recent retreat in Treasury yields. The Dollar Index broke above 102.60 to reach 102.72, the 2-year Treasury yield jumped toward 4.94% and the 10-year yield rebounded above 5.30%. According to CME FedWatch, the probability of a Fed hike at the October 28 meeting surged from 22.1% a day earlier to 43.7%, against 17.7% a week ago.