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Brent and WTI are on track for a weekly decline of about 12%, even as fresh attacks on tankers lifted prices in the latest session.

Equities across Asia fell on Friday as a renewed rout in technology shares on Wall Street pushed the Nasdaq Composite into correction territory, hitting chipmakers and SoftBank.

Gold traded between $4,067.00 and $4,155.80 on November 5, 2026, last at $4,089.17 (+0.40%), as gold gains as dollar steadies, Treasury yields dip amid U.S. midterms.

Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds drew a net $75 million on November 4, with Fidelity's fund leading while BlackRock's IBIT was the only product to lose assets.

Silver traded between $48.98 and $52.49 on November 4, 2026, last at $52.32 (+5.50%), as silver hits SMA(50) resistance inside Ichimoku cloud.

Gold traded between $3,928.20 and $4,080.80 on November 4, 2026, last at $4,065.31 (+3.17%), as gold heads for best day since August as dollar slides on Democratic.

Crude benchmarks dropped steeply on Wednesday as traders priced a possible wind-down of the Iran conflict after the White House linked Tuesday's midterm losses to the war.

US equities rallied after Democrats won both chambers of Congress, while bitcoin showed little reaction as experts called the outcome largely priced in.

Kraft Heinz said it will divest its North America coffee business and, alongside third-quarter results, raised its full-year 2026 adjusted earnings and organic net sales growth guidance.

Gold traded between $3,904.10 and $3,980.70 on November 3, 2026, last at $3,922.38 (-1.19%), as gold bear flag active near $3,980 resistance.

Silver traded between $48.62 and $50.92 on November 3, 2026, last at $49.71 (-1.99%), as silver tests key support as downtrend holds.

The BitMine chairman says Ethereum's modest slide after the reported Binance theft points to a bull market, while spot ETF outflows weighed on bitcoin and ether prices.

Liquid Network says its bitcoin reserves are fully backed again, roughly two months after a $320 million exploit, with Blockstream supplying the funds to close the gap.

Energy prices moved higher after reports of a U.S. strike on Iran's Qeshm Island, reversing part of the calm that followed diplomatic signals from both countries' presidents a day earlier.

Ero Copper reported a third-quarter profit above the year-earlier level, with adjusted earnings per share and revenue both coming in ahead of analyst forecasts, according to wire coverage.

Gold traded between $3,889.00 and $3,980.80 on November 2, 2026, last at $3,947.05 (+1.23%), as If gold breaks lower, investors may look at these safe haven.

Markets largely price rate increases from both the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Bank of England this week, leaving GBP/AUD dependent on forecasts and guidance.

U.S.-listed Bitcoin ETFs recorded heavy withdrawals on the first full session after a record Binance breach, while the exchange moved toward restoring customer crypto withdrawals.

Strategy's Michael Saylor says a fresh Bitcoin bull market has begun, as the company's latest quarterly results show record operating income alongside questions over the cost of its approach.

S&P Dow Jones Indices says Okta, now in the S&P MidCap 400, will be promoted to the S&P 500 and take the place of consumer health company Kenvue.

Gold traded between $3,873.01 and $4,038.20 on October 30, 2026, last at $3,873.01 (-3.93%), as gold Holds Near $4,000 as Firm PCE Data Stirs Fed Worries.

Silver traded between $48.90 and $52.31 on October 30, 2026, last at $49.07 (-5.98%), as silver plunges to extreme oversold RSI 16.

Pricier cocoa and sugar are pushing candy inflation above average ahead of Halloween, while health-minded US shoppers are reportedly buying less, putting chocolate makers such as Hershey under pressure.

Three of the largest social media platforms have been unsuccessful in contesting a UK regulator's requests for information tied to online safety obligations, according to wire coverage.

U.S. equity futures pointed lower on Oct. 30, 2026, with Nasdaq contracts leading declines after quarterly reports from Amazon and Intel left investors unimpressed.

Asian equities finished Friday without a common direction as technology and semiconductor names declined, while regional currencies were mixed with the dollar easing and the yen holding steady.

Mondelez International stock moved sharply higher as the snacking group pointed to strong earnings-per-share growth in 2027, a cocoa surplus and room to expand distribution in emerging markets.

Blockchain tracing shows 18,270 BTC from the suspected Binance theft parked in 19 addresses, while other wallets tied to the incident swap stablecoins for Ethereum.

Bitcoin and ether fell after reports of a suspected $6.3 billion security breach at Binance and a separate Polymarket exploit, while Standard Chartered flagged possible further pressure.

Crypto prices slipped after Binance disclosed a security problem, while separate concerns over AI spending hit Alphabet, the Nasdaq, the Nikkei and Asian chip stocks.

Gold traded close to the $4,000 mark as a persistent core PCE inflation reading and oil-related risks brought renewed attention to the possibility of Federal Reserve rate hikes.

Eldorado Gold has outlined a modest 2026 output range for its Skouries project in Greece, with commercial production now expected to arrive late in the fourth quarter.

Amazon's cloud unit grew revenue 39% in the latest quarter, and the company outlined a path to a trillion-dollar AWS business over the next five to ten years.

Binance has suspended customer withdrawals following reports of a crypto theft put at $5.3 billion, and digital asset prices weakened, with BNB posting the steepest losses among the coins cited.

Binance says it is looking into a potential security breach after unusual wallet transfers, and BNB led a drop across crypto markets as the news spread.

Silver traded between $52.03 and $54.44 on October 29, 2026, last at $52.17 (-2.41%), as silver plunges below Bollinger Band in bearish channel.

Gold traded between $4,017.00 and $4,081.70 on October 29, 2026, last at $4,021.33 (-0.75%), as Fed Holds Rates as PCE Data Looms; Gold Edges Lower.

Amazon stock moved lower after the company's outlook for sales and capital spending outweighed an acceleration in growth at its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services.

Alphabet shares dropped 12% despite a 103% annual jump in Google Cloud revenue and a backlog of $561 billion, prompting investor debate over the stock's valuation after the sell-off.

Hyperliquid's HYPE token climbed 13% after Intercontinental Exchange and Trade[XYZ] announced plans for regulated perpetual futures built on Hyperliquid in the United States.

Microsoft's results for the quarter ended Sept. 30 came in above Wall Street expectations, and analysts credit Azure strength and AI monetization.

Shares of Alphabet dropped sharply before the bell after a bigger-than-expected cash burn, pulling US stocks lower at the open and reviving worries over AI spending.

A slump in Chinese technology shares has wiped out $480 billion in value, while Bitcoin advanced 27% across the same stretch, according to a comparison of the dates involved.

Alphabet's quarterly results fell short of expectations, with softer revenue in its core search business, and Nasdaq futures slipped as investors weighed competing AI spending narratives.

France's benchmark equity index rose to its highest level in two weeks on Thursday morning, helped by a strong earnings reaction in Renault and anticipation of a European Central Bank decision.

U.S. equity index futures slipped in extended trading as Alphabet shares fell on results that fell short of expectations, while Microsoft held up comparatively well.

GBP/JPY remains inside a trading range with a neutral short-term bias, as traders weigh Bank of Japan guidance and the aftermath of the UK Budget.

Fed Chair Warsh's remarks left rate-hike expectations for December little changed, while gold slipped and investors turned to the next US PCE inflation reading.

CoreWeave, Nebius and IREN traded lower after Microsoft reported capital spending below what analysts had projected, a figure tied to how fast partners deliver data-center capacity.

Weak results from Alphabet and Samsung weighed on Asian equities, while bitcoin slipped under $80,000 amid a hawkish Federal Reserve hold and a broad retreat from risk.