London Edition: Gold slides, oil jumps, crypto cools

Welcome to Venor News, London Edition. I'm Gracy Skai.

Gold is lower on the day and lower across the week.

Oil is higher, with Middle East supply concerns back in focus.

Bloomberg reports US stock futures are lower as the tech earnings rally loses steam.

Bloomberg and CNBC report China's stock market has entered a bear market.

First, currencies. Euro-dollar is up 0.10 percent, the pound is little changed, up 0.04. Dollar-yen is the mover, down 0.32 percent. The dollar is a touch softer overall.

Our number of the day: 7.9 percent. That's how far XRP has risen this week.

Gold is down 1.30 percent today, at 4,087 dollars, and 1.84 percent lower this week. The daily structure is mixed and ranging, with sellers in control, and the four-hour structure is down. Oil is up 1.34 percent today, and reports say supply worries in the Middle East are back in focus. Traders are watching today's US unemployment claims for the next read on the labour market and rate expectations.

Crypto now. Bitcoin is down 2.03 percent today, at 82,890 dollars, but still up 2.46 percent this week. Ethereum is down 1.73 percent and Solana is down 2.57 percent. The four-hour trend for Bitcoin is up, and buyers are slightly ahead on the bigger picture. Traders will watch whether it holds above the week's gains.

The key number today is US unemployment claims at 8:30 New York time.

Finally, at the time of this recording, our live barometer showed: dollar-yen is clearly bearish, euro-dollar leans bullish, and pound-dollar leans bullish. For short-term sentiment, watch Market Pulse on our website. And our Session's Briefing goes out before every session on our Telegram channel, Venor Analysis. Scan the code on your screen to join.

That's all from Venor News. Goodbye, and happy trading.