Market Recap

XAUUSD
XAUUSD finished softer on Friday, settling at 4199.21 for a loss of 9.52 (-0.23%) from the 4208.73 open, with a 67.2 range that amounted to 1.6% of the open. The session topped out at 4259.31 at 17:39, brushing the 4260 handle, before retreating into the close to print the day’s low at 4192.11 at 23:20 within the 4190 handle. The finish was near the lower end of the day’s span, around 7.10 above the low, and just under the 4200 round level. Intraday structure showed trade oscillating around 4200 early, an afternoon push to the peak, and a late pullback toward the lower decile of the range; the downside stayed well above the broader 4100 handle. On the four-hour timeframe, price action revolved around the 50-period simple moving average at 4196.36, with the low slipping below that mark intraday and the close marginally above it. On the daily timeframe, the market remained above the 21-day exponential moving average at 4140.88 and the daily Bollinger midline near 4144.00, keeping the session’s low comfortably above these reference levels. By the close, XAUUSD sat near session lows and just above the H4 50-SMA, having tested the 4190 area late in the day while the earlier advance stalled near 4260, framing a day bounded by the 4190 and 4260 handles without challenging wider daily moving-average supports.

USOIL
USOIL advanced within a contained range on Friday, setting a 5‑day and 10‑day high at 60.53 at 17:34 and finishing at 60.17. The session closed up 0.46, a gain of 0.77%, after opening at 59.71. Price first slipped to the day’s low at 59.46 at 05:05, then reclaimed the 60.00 handle into the afternoon and pushed to the late high before easing into the close. The intraday span measured 1.07, or about 1.79% of the open, with the settlement in the upper portion of the range, around two‑thirds of the way from low to high. Round‑number interaction was evident around 60.00, which was crossed and held on a closing basis. On the higher‑timeframe backdrop, the 21‑day EMA sat at 59.45, placing the day’s low effectively at that moving average and the close above it, while the lower D1 Bollinger Band was at 57.65, keeping the entire session above that boundary. The print of 60.53 established the latest multi‑day high watermark for both the 5‑day and 10‑day lookbacks, with no new multi‑day low recorded. By the close, price was 0.36 below the session peak and 0.71 above the trough, reinforcing a finish skewed toward the top of the day’s distribution. No tick volume figures were available, and no daily ATR reference was provided for comparison with the day’s 1.07 range.

Economic Calendar Recap & Preview

Canada’s labor print led a sparse session, with the unemployment rate easing to 6.5 percent from 6.9 percent previously and better than the 6.9 percent forecast. Over the next 24 hours, the calendar is empty: no economic data releases are scheduled in server time, and no notable policy meetings or speeches are flagged.