Crude Near $100 Turns the Screw on Equities, Gold and Crypto Together
Brent held above $98 at a six-week high as Hormuz shipping risk stayed unresolved. The energy impulse pushed rate-cut expectations further out. Indian equities slipped under 76,000 to a six-week low, gold eased near $4,444, bitcoin held below $79,000 and the rupee stayed soft.