Market Recap 

XAUUSD+ 
XAUUSD finished the session at 4123.81, up 47.44 or 1.16% from the 4076.37 open, after traversing an intraday range of 83.72 points, equal to 2.05% of the opening level. The day’s low was posted early at 4054.29 by 06:22, placing price near the 4050 round figure, while the high came late at 4138.01 at 20:48. Trading progressed from the early dip into a steady ascent through the middle of the day, with late-session prints above the 4100 handle and a settlement near the upper end of the range. The close sat above the nearest hundred-handle reference of 4100.0 and within 14.20 points of the intraday peak, indicating a finish skewed toward session highs rather than the midpoint. The sequence of extremes set the low first and the high later in the evening, framing a directional day within defined boundaries. On higher timeframes, H1 RSI14 registered 62.04, H4 MACD was modestly positive at 0.13, and D1 MACD remained negative at -66.65. Relative to daily volatility bands, the D1 Bollinger upper band stood at 4322.49, with the close and the session high remaining beneath that level. No tick volume data were provided. Overall, the metal navigated key round levels at 4050 and 4100, closed above the latter, and ended the period closer to the session high than the low, encapsulating the day’s upward net change within a contained intraday spread. 

EURUSD 
EURUSD registered a five-day high during the 2026-07-09 session, printing 1.14487 at 09:33 server time before settling at 1.14292 by the close. Price opened at 1.14136 and briefly dipped to the session low at 1.14114 at 00:02, then advanced into the morning peak and later eased into a mid-range finish. The pair gained 0.00156 on the day, a move of 0.14%, with an intraday span of 0.00373, equivalent to about 0.33% of the open and roughly 37 pips. The close sat 0.00178 above the low and 0.00195 below the high, leaving it near the middle of the day’s distribution rather than at either extreme. Round-number references were observed, with the low holding above 1.1400 and the high remaining just below 1.1450. The sequence was orderly: an immediate test of the low in the opening minutes, a sustained push to the session high into 09:33, and subsequent consolidation into the end of the session at 00:00 on 2026-07-10. On the higher timeframes, H4 RSI14 printed 58.14 and the H4 MACD signal read 0.0, while the H1 RSI14 stood at 44.76. Against that backdrop, the day’s excursion to 1.14487 marked the highest level of the past five sessions, while the overall range remained contained relative to the preceding day’s open, and the session did not revisit the opening low once the early trough at 00:02 was in place. 

GBPUSD 
GBPUSD added 0.0019 (0.14%) over the session to settle at 1.34 by 00:00, after a 51‑pip range that spanned about 0.38% of the open. The pair began at 1.34 and set the day’s low at 00:38, before advancing to the high at 09:33; that peak registered new five‑ and ten‑day highs. Price action then eased off the top and the market finished marginally below the session midpoint, trading around the 1.34 handle into the close. The sequence of extremes was low before high, and the high print in the 09:30 window left the 1.34–1.34 area as the upper boundary for the day, while the early‑session dip defined the floor. Intraday movement featured repeated interaction with the 1.34 round level, which ultimately held into the settlement. On higher timeframes, spot remains above the 20‑day simple moving average on the daily chart, last near 1.33, preserving a positive distance from that reference. Momentum on H4 was constructive without breaching overbought territory, with RSI(14) at 64.65 by the end of the session. The session’s 51‑pip amplitude placed the close nearer the middle of the day’s distribution rather than at an extreme, and the new multi‑day high at 09:33 marked the most notable technical event of the period. No tick‑volume metrics were observed in the feed, and there were no additional higher‑timeframe indicators flagged beyond the daily moving average and H4 RSI. 

Economic Calendar Recap & Preview 

US labor data were steady as Initial Jobless Claims held at 215k, unchanged from the prior 215k and modestly above the 210k consensus, while housing cooled less than expected with Existing Home Sales running at 4.09 million annualized, down from 4.17 million but better than the 4.02 million forecast. In Japan, the Bank of Japan’s Money Stock grew 4.5 percent year over year, easing from 4.7 percent and missing a 4.9 percent forecast, hinting at softer monetary aggregates. In rates, the U.S. 30-year bond auction stopped at 5.06 percent versus 5.02 percent previously. Looking ahead, the next 24 hours feature Canada’s labor snapshot: the unemployment rate is due at 15:30, with the market looking for 6.8 percent after 6.6 percent previously. A higher reading would signal some slack building in the labor market, which can temper wage pressures and rate expectations. The release may induce short-lived volatility in CAD and front-end Canadian yields. The calendar is otherwise light, keeping focus on how the Canadian print interacts with recent North American data and market positioning.