Spot gold rose to $4,140/oz, up 2.69% on the day.

WTI crude fell about 1% intraday to $67.34/bbl.

Bloomberg tanker-tracking shows Saudi Arabia averaged 6.3 mln bpd of crude shipments over the six days to Wednesday after resuming tanker loading and unloading in the Persian Gulf. The flow is roughly in line with Saudi’s 2025 average and about 90% of February levels — when Saudi and Gulf neighbours sharply increased supply — indicating regional oil output is partially restoring following the temporary US‑Iran peace agreement.