Market Recap 

XAUUSD+ 
XAUUSD ended the session at 4192.3, up 49.68 or 1.20% from the 01:00 open of 4142.62. The day spanned an 84.51 range, equivalent to 2.04% of the opening level, with the low set at 02:54 at 4136.54 and the high printed at 04:00 at 4221.05. Price crossed the 4200 handle during the early upswing and finished 7.7 points below it into the close. From the open, the market initially dipped 6.08 points to the 02:54 low before a swift rally carried it 78.4 points above the open to the 04:00 high; no new extremes followed for the remainder of the session. The close sat in the upper portion of the intraday range, about 28.8 below the high and 55.8 above the low, and above the opening level. On the daily timeframe, MACD remains below zero at -102.2. The session low held 14.6 above the 5‑day low at 4121.9, while the 10‑day high stands at 4382.34, leaving the intraday peak 161.3 short of that reference. The daily lower Bollinger band is positioned at 4039.25, with prices remaining above it throughout. Round-number context featured an early move through 4200 that was not sustained into the close, while 4100 remained untested. By the finish, XAUUSD had advanced 1.20% on the day, settled just under 4200, and closed in the upper half of the session’s span after an early low followed by a morning high. 

EURUSD 
EURUSD traded within a contained band between the 1.14 and 1.15 handles over the session from 00:00 to 24:00, opening near 1.15 and marking its high at 1.15 at 04:05 before sliding to a late low of 1.14 at 22:35. It settled at 1.14, down 0.33% on the day, a decline of about 37 pips from the prior open, with the close sitting within roughly 6 pips of the session low. The intraday span measured about 54.6 pips, equivalent to 0.48% of the opening level. Price action showed an early uptick into the high shortly after the start of trade, followed by a gradual move lower through the European and U.S. hours into the late-session trough, leaving the finish in the lower end of the range. Round-number levels framed the day, with no break above 1.15 and no print below 1.14. On the higher timeframes, the daily close remained below the 20-day simple moving average near 1.16 and well under the upper Bollinger band around 1.17. On H4, the MACD signal line hovered around the zero mark, offering little directional skew into the close. With the session’s range contained and the settlement near the lows, the pair ended the day beneath its opening print and below commonly watched daily reference levels, while keeping the entire move confined to the 1.14–1.15 corridor. 

GBPUSD 
GBPUSD ended the session higher, closing near 1.32, up 0.48% on the day and gaining about 0.0063. Price covered roughly 0.0090 on the day, about 90 pips or 0.68% of the open. The pair opened around 1.32 and set the session low at 00:02 after dipping below the 1.32 figure, then advanced to the session high near 1.33 at 15:43, before settling beneath that peak into the end of trade. The close sat around 70.5% of the day’s range, placing it closer to the high than the low. The intraday profile featured a low registered within minutes of the start and a high printed in mid‑afternoon, with the market finishing above the open. Round‑number levels framed the day, with the 1.32 area undercut at the trough and the 1.33 handle aligning with the intraday high. On the higher‑timeframe backdrop, the H4 21‑EMA was around 1.33 and spot settled below that reference. Daily momentum metrics showed the D1 MACD at -0.01. Against a broader context, the recent 5‑day high stands near 1.34, leaving the day’s peak below that multi‑session marker. Overall, the session delivered an upper‑quartile close within a sub‑100‑pip span, an early low and a mid‑afternoon high, with percentage gains outpacing the size of the range as measured against the open. 

Economic Calendar Recap & Preview

A single notable data print punctuated the session: Canada’s CPI rose 1.0 percent month over month, accelerating from 0.4 percent and surpassing the 0.2 percent forecast. Looking ahead, at 08:00 server time Japan publishes two Bank of Japan core inflation gauges: the trimmed mean core CPI is expected at 2.9 percent year over year after 2.8 percent previously, while the weighted median core CPI is seen at 1.5 percent after 1.4 percent. At 20:30, Bank of England MPC member Dhingra speaks, and markets will parse any policy-relevant remarks. If Japan’s core measures print above forecast, basic rate‑setting logic suggests tightening expectations may firm; JPY pairs could be briefly volatile around the 08:00 release.