This was a short trading week for many assets due to the US Independence Day holiday. National currencies and bonds moved lower, while other asset classes were mixed, but mostly lower. The week's best performers were gold stocks, up 3.0%, platinum, up 2.0%, and Ethereum, up 1.7%. The largest losses were in coffee, down 7.3%, cotton, down 4.5%, and the Nikkei index, down 2.5%. The US Dollar fell 1.8%, and Bitcoin closed down 0.9%.
The US Dollar, down 1.8%, was the weakest national currency, followed by the Japanese Yen, down 1.6%. The Chinese Renminbi was the strongest national currency, down 0.5%, followed by the Canadian Dollar, which dropped 1.3%. USD cash outperformed treasury securities, as short term notes and long term bonds each fell 2.3%.
Gold stocks rose 3.0%, and the Dow Jones Industrials gained 0.5%. The largest equity losses were in the Nikkei index, down 2.5%, and the Euro STOXX, off 1.1%.
The best performing commodities were platinum, up 2.0% and silver, up 0.7%. As mentioned above, coffee, down 7.3%, and cotton, down 4.5%, saw the largest losses.
Click for PDF version
