🗳️ Midterms: Dollar Slides, Asia Rebounds
Democrats are winning the House, and the Senate is leaning their way too. The dollar hit a one-month low on fears of tighter AI regulation. 📉 Wall Street closed mixed on Tuesday: S&P 500 +0.4% (7,569), Nasdaq +0.8%, Dow –0.4% (51,787). Asia opened with a sharp tech selloff, then bounced as US yields eased. 🔄
🌏 Asian Markets
🇯🇵 Nikkei –1.5% (62,162), after a low near 60,030 (–4.8%)
🇰🇷 Kospi +0.6% (5,684), reversing an early drop of over 3%
🇭🇰 Hang Seng +1.1% (23,794)
🇨🇳 Shanghai +1.9% (3,676)
🇦🇺 ASX 200 –0.6% (8,835) after the RBA hiked to 4.85%
💱 Forex
💶 EUR/USD 1.1231 (+0.4%)
💴 USD/JPY 158.12 (–0.4%)
💵 Dollar Index 101.51 (–0.35%)
🥇 Commodities
Gold $4,018 (+2.2%) as the weaker dollar and lower yields lift demand. 🛢️ Brent $103.85 (+0.2%), still swinging on US–Iran deal hopes.
₿ Crypto
Bitcoin $77,980 (+1.8%), up from an overnight dip near $75,700. 🚀
📅 Today’s Calendar (GMT+2)
⏰ 10:30 Riksbank decision (exp. 2.0%)
⏰ 12:00 Eurozone flash HICP (exp. 3.9% y/y)
⏰ 15:30 US trade balance (exp. –$108B)
⏰ 17:00 US ISM Services PMI (exp. 54.8)
⏰ 17:30 EIA crude oil stocks
👀 Friday: US NFP
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