Equities Drifted Lower as Oil Hovered Near $100 and Growth Jitters Deepened

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Equities drifted lower as oil hovered near $100 and growth jitters deepened. US stocks finished lower on Friday, extending their losing streak to a third straight week as oil prices hovered around the $100 mark and investors reassessed the growth and inflation outlook. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped about 0.3%, or roughly 120 points, while the S&P 500 fell around 0.6% and the tech‑heavy Nasdaq declined by a similar margin, with weakness concentrated in tech and other rate‑sensitive sectors. Earlier gains faded through the afternoon as traders faded the open and continued to de‑risk into the weekend against a backdrop of elevated energy prices and geopolitical uncertainty. 

 
Crude oil remained a key overhang. Brent and WTI flirted with or moved back above the $100‑a‑barrel level after briefly dipping earlier in the day when the US signaled it would allow some sanctioned Russian cargoes already at sea to clear, a step that temporarily eased supply fears. The underlying picture, however, stayed tight: estimates suggest more than 120 million barrels of Russian crude are currently afloat, roughly equivalent to five to six days of normal Strait of Hormuz flows, underscoring how sensitive balances are to any extended disruption in the Gulf. 
 
Gold held in a corrective but still constructive pattern, trading near 5,100 per ounce as it continued to move within a short‑term bullish structure characterized by a “Wolfe Wave” pattern. Technical analysis points to support in the 4,865 area, with expectations for any pullback toward that zone to be met by renewed buying and a potential push toward 5,235 and above if the uptrend resumes. At the same time, strategists warn that a clear break below 4,745 would invalidate the near‑term bullish view and open the door to a deeper slide, highlighting how sensitive the metal remains to shifts in yields, the dollar, and war headlines. Silver and the broader precious‑metals complex traded broadly in sympathy with gold, staying volatile but still underpinned by geopolitical and inflation‑hedge demand.
 

In the FX space, the dollar ticked higher, supported by safe‑haven flows and the combination of firm oil prices and softer‑than‑expected GDP data that kept investors cautious on the global outlook. Commodity‑linked currencies such as the Canadian dollar struggled to translate high crude into sustained gains, with risk‑off sentiment and worries about demand destruction offsetting terms‑of‑trade tailwinds. The Euro and Sterling remained on the defensive as growth data underwhelmed and policy‑divergence narratives persisted, while classic havens like the Swiss franc and yen continued to attract interest from investors wary of an extended conflict and its knock‑on effects on energy and global activity.


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WALL ST. TOP FIVE INFLOWS

TICKER LAST PRICE

%CHANGE

VOLUME $ INFLOWS
IR 82.13 + 1.18 8.09M + 266.42M
SNDK 661.62 + 6.92 18.76M + 77.71M
AVGO 322.16 – 4.11 34.67M + 73.25M
TMO 464.37 – 2.32 3.02M + 71.24M
CSCO 78.33 + 0.76 19.08M + 62.33M
** tickers with total inflows but block orders outflows are not included

WALL ST. TOP FIVE OUTFLOW

TICKER LAST PRICE

% CHANGE

VOLUME $ OUTFLOW
META 613.71 – 3.83 18.92M – 287.67M
AAPL 250.12 – 2.21 36.90M – 275.42M
TSLA 391.20 – 0.96 58.37M – 257.82M
TSM 338.31 + 0.48 17.29M – 225.95M
SBUX 99.15 – 1.03 9.40M – 211.05M
** tickers with total outflows but block orders inflows are not included



 

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