Euro pulls back from 3-week highs as Italian real yields approach zero
- #Gold futures climbed, shaking off pressure from strength in the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields, to stretch their gains into a third-consecutive session and mark their highest finish in almost three weeks
- The #euro weakened after European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde tried to rein in interest rate hike expectations that lifted the currency to a three week-high last week.
- The U.S. Justice Department has announced its largest-ever financial seizure, more than $3.5 billion, and the arrests of a couple accused of conspiring to launder billions in #crypto stolen
- #BTCUSD dove 1.7%
- #WTIUSD plummeted 1.7%
- #XAUUSD rose 0.3%