Bitcoin led the six, gaining on most days and never leaving the range of the week before.
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How last week went, and what's coming. Every Monday, free.
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Bitcoin climbed while gold and oil gave ground
A weak jobs report eased worries about the Fed, and a big oil stock release pulled fuel prices down, while chip stocks led tech higher.
Bitcoin +2.4%Ethereum +1.4%100Nasdaq 100 +0.5%
Nasdaq 100 +0.5%500S&P 500 −0.3%
S&P 500 −0.3%Oil −1.6%Gold −3.3%BitcoinMonday open to Sunday closeLast week+2.4%Open$84,438Close$86,504Week before+4.0%Bitcoin led the six, gaining on most days and never leaving the range of the week before.EthereumMonday open to Sunday closeLast week+1.4%Open$2,688Close$2,727Week before+1.6%Ethereum followed bitcoin up, rising on most days. Only Tuesday and Friday went against it.Nasdaq 100Friday's close to Friday's closeLast week+0.5%Open$30,650Close$30,795Week before+3.4%The Nasdaq 100 rose on chip stocks and pushed above the whole range of the week before, with only Monday hurting.S&P 500Friday's close to Friday's closeLast week−0.3%Open$7,746Close$7,719Week before+1.2%The S&P 500 slipped as the week opened badly, then won back ground on Tuesday and Friday.OilFriday's close to Friday's closeLast week−1.6%Open$92.64Close$91.20Week before−3.6%Oil lost ground on the emergency stock release. Thursday was its best day, but it could not undo the drop.GoldFriday's close to Friday's closeLast week−3.3%Open$4,288Close$4,145Week before−2.0%Gold fell for a second week in a row, and it only rose on Tuesday and Thursday.
Biggest moverGold−3.3%
The biggest fall of the 6.
The tallyRose3 of 6Fell3 of 6Best riseBTC +2.4%
The waterline (0%) is where each market began the week: an orb above it rose, one below it fell, and its height on the scale is the size of the move. · Hover an orb for its weekTap an orb for its week
Market by market
What moved each one. Hyperliquid's prices: crypto from Monday 12:00 AM to the end of Sunday, UTC, stocks, gold and oil from Friday's close to Friday's close.
Ethereum followed bitcoin up, rising on most days. Only Tuesday and Friday went against it.
The Nasdaq 100 rose on chip stocks and pushed above the whole range of the week before, with only Monday hurting.
The S&P 500 slipped as the week opened badly, then won back ground on Tuesday and Friday.
Oil lost ground on the emergency stock release. Thursday was its best day, but it could not undo the drop.
Gold fell for a second week in a row, and it only rose on Tuesday and Thursday.
What moved markets
The week's biggest stories, and how each market took them.
Show quiet days4
- Tue29 SepTue 29 SepMarkets that day
- BTC+0.2%
- ETH−0.4%
- S&P+0.1%
- NDX+0.5%
- Gold+1.3%
- Oil−4.4%
- Wed30 SepWed 30 Sep
- 8:30 AM EDTUS PCE inflation (August)In the 24 hours after
- BTC0.0%
- ETH+0.4%
- S&P+0.1%
- NDX+1.0%
- Gold−0.1%
- Oil+1.2%
- Fri2 OctFri 2 Oct
- Al JazeeraWeak jobs report lowers odds of an October Fed hikeSlower hiring means less pressure on the Fed to raise rates, and that helped stocks. Crypto slipped the same day, and Ethereum fell more than bitcoin.
- BloombergG7 agrees emergency release of diesel and crude stocksReleasing reserves adds supply, which can cool fuel prices that had been climbing for weeks and ease pressure on governments.
- Yahoo FinanceNvidia hits a record as chip stocks reviveNvidia is so large that its moves can lift the whole Nasdaq 100, and strong Micron results gave chipmakers a fresh push.
- 8:30 AM EDTUS jobs report (September)In the 24 hours after
- BTC−2.0%
- ETH−2.3%
- S&P+0.3%
- NDX+0.4%
- Gold−0.9%
- Oil+1.8%
Markets that day- BTC−0.4%
- ETH−1.4%
- S&P+0.5%
- NDX+0.7%
- Gold−0.9%
- Oil−1.9%
Bitcoin's chart, in plain words
The chart shows a calm market climbing steadily. This is context, not a forecast, since chart patterns alone have a poor record in crypto.
- Open
- $84,438
- High
- $87,235
- Low
- $82,551
- Close
- $86,504
What the chart showedPick a point to see it on the chart.
The week after5 Oct to 11 Oct
The week ahead
A lighter week, with two crypto token unlocks early on, then company earnings from Tuesday to Friday covering drinks, snacks and travel. Times are in your zone (EDT).
The week's calendar
Every event this week in your time, with Polymarket's odds where traders bet on it. Press a day to see only that day.
Days
5 eventsAll week
5 to comeMon 5 Oct
Tue 6 Oct
Thu 8 Oct
Fri 9 Oct
Already happened this week
Nothing has happened yet this week. Each event's result shows here once it is over.
Mon 5 Oct
Tue 6 Oct
Thu 8 Oct
Fri 9 Oct
One thing for this week
Let the noise settle before you judge it
After a busy week, a quieter one is a good time to step back. Big moves often need a day to settle, and one headline rarely changes the whole picture.
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Past briefs
Every week stays here.
- 2 Nov to 8 NovLatestA midterm rally faded as worries about AI spending hit stocks and cryptoBTC −4.5%
- 26 Oct to 1 NovEvery market here fell as a record hack and tech worries hitBTC −2.2%
- 19 Oct to 25 OctOil climbed while crypto, stocks and gold all slidBTC −2.4%
- 12 Oct to 18 OctHot inflation and an AI stock slump pulled most markets lowerBTC −2.0%
- 28 Sep to 4 OctBitcoin climbed while gold and oil gave groundBTC +2.4%Reading
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