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.
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Nictick — educational context
When oil rises on supply fear it reaches markets through inflation, not through safe haven demand. Higher energy costs lift expected policy rates. Rising real yields weigh on non-yielding assets like gold and crypto, while import-heavy economies feel it in currency and margins.