📊 Asian Markets
🇯🇵 Nikkei 225: closed 66,216.79 (+1.36%) — rebounded off Thursday's chip-driven plunge
🇰🇷 KOSPI: ~6,890 (+0.5%) — recovered from a –1.35% open after Kosdaq briefly hit a circuit breaker
🇭🇰 Hang Seng: 25,899 (+0.78%) — healthcare and tech leading
🇨🇳 Shanghai Composite: ~3,904 (flat) — PBoC held lending rates steady
🇦🇺 ASX 200: –0.3% — property and healthcare weigh, energy holds up
💱 Forex
EUR/USD: 1.1677
GBP/USD: 1.363
USD/JPY: 158.9
DXY: 98.7–98.8 — hovering near 3-month lows on fading Fed-hike bets
🥇 Gold & Oil
Gold: $4,578 (+0.7%) — holding above $4.5k, dollar softness in play
WTI: $86.5 (+2.5%) — Brent $93.4 (+1.9%) — Hormuz risk still the driver
🗓️ Today's Calendar
🇯🇵 Flash PMIs, July national CPI
🇺🇸 Flash PMIs
🇪🇺 Flash PMIs, ECB eurozone CPI forecast
Volatility stays elevated into the weekend close as chip-sector jitters, Treasury yields, and Middle East risk keep traders on edge.
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