Global stocks, crypto, bonds, and FX hold breaths as traders wait for U.S. jobs data

Everything flatlined Thursday morning as investors hit pause on nearly every market: stocks, bonds, currencies, crypto, even ￰0￱ one moved, no one ￰1￱ Street futures barely shifted, with the S&P 500 ticking up 0.1%, the Nasdaq 100 holding the line, and Dow futures creeping 52 points higher. Everyone’s watching one thing: upcoming ￰2￱ data that could flip the whole risk ￰3￱ made a quiet move after hours, surging by 1.5% when Cryptopolitan reported the news that the chipmaker has reached out to Apple for a potential investment. It’s not clear how far talks have gone, but the ask is ￰4￱ wants Apple’s backing, and the conversation is ￰5￱ weakness hits Asia while exporters gain ground In Japan, the Topix index moved up 0.2% to 3,176.97 by 9:30 ￰6￱ time, boosted by a weaker yen that helped exporters: car companies, electronics makers, and machinery ￰7￱ added 1.6% and led the ￰8￱ of 1,673 stocks in the index, 860 rose, 711 fell, and 102 went ￰9￱ shares also edged up, driven by speculation that the Bank of Japan could lift rates ￰10￱ Nikkei didn’t join the optimism, falling 0.2% to 45,535.32.

Some AI-related names like SoftBank and Advantest were dumped early in the session, as nerves over ￰11￱ valuations dragged sentiment ￰12￱ Asia-Pacific markets moved with no clear ￰13￱ Kong’s Hang Seng index dipped 0.13% to close at 26,484.68. Local EV name Chery jumped 11% on its debut, starting at HK$30.75, spiking to HK$34.16, and then ending the session at HK$31.92. Xiaomi gained 3.69% after showing off a stack of new phones and home devices aimed straight at Samsung’s turf. China’s CSI 300 index on the mainland rose 0.6%, ending the day at 4,593.49.

While ￰14￱ dragged, some pockets of Asia stayed resilient… ￰15￱ lifts Europe as crypto dumps and FX stalls Over in Europe, the Stoxx 600 opened down 0.2% by 8:45 ￰16￱ ￰17￱ major bourse was painted red except one sector… retail. H&M came in hot with third-quarter results that beat estimates, and that was enough to launch its shares up 10.5%. That pushed the broader Stoxx 600 retail index 1.2% higher. Still, the overall mood didn’t ￰18￱ there are just as ￰19￱ barely ￰20￱ Swiss National Bank kept interest rates at zero, exactly what was expected.

That’s the lowest policy rate among major ￰21￱ franc was unchanged against the dollar, which nudged up 0.1% to ￰22￱ euro also ticked 0.1% higher against the franc to ￰23￱ SNB flagged concerns about ￰24￱ Donald Trump’s tariffs hurting the Swiss economy into ￰25￱ dollar inched 0.1% lower against the yen to 148.71, pulling back from a recent three-week ￰26￱ reacted to the Bank of Japan’s July meeting minutes, which revealed some board members are ready to restart rate ￰27￱ was where the real blood ￰28￱ crashed below $4,000, dropping 4.7% to $3,969, its lowest point in nearly seven ￰29￱ lost 1.7%. Over $140 billion in crypto value has vanished since the week ￰30￱ Lucas, an analyst at BTC Markets, said “institutional inflows cooled,” and technicals were flashing ￰31￱ Monday, almost $300 million has been pulled from U.

S.-listed Ether ￰32￱ came after $1.7 billion in bullish positions were ￰33￱ said more liquidations are coming if Ether breaks below $3,800. Join Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes