West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil trades around $59.30 on Friday at the time of writing, posting a 0.50% daily gain as investors adopt a cautious stance while monitoring ongoing efforts toward a Russia-Ukraine peace agreement.
Gold (XAU/USD) holds steady on Friday after a bout of volatility sparked by the CME trading outage pushed prices off their intraday peak. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading around $4,172, with the metal on track to notch its fourth straight monthly gain.
The impact of change in political leadership has been clear in Japan with the yen notably weaker and JGB yields higher as market participants position for reflationist policies under the new leadership of Sanae Takaichi.