Gold traded near $4,347 on Friday, sitting on the neckline of a daily head-and-shoulders pattern that points to $3,950 if confirmed. The August U.S. consumer price index is due Friday morning, and the setup comes after Thursday’s producer price index rose 5.4% year over year versus 5.3% expected, according to BeInCrypto, while the 10-year Treasury yield hit 4.95% and markets priced a 67.1% chance of a Federal Reserve hike next week.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has withdrawn his motion for a retrial and filed a pardon request after his appeal was rejected. According to Foresight News, the final step in the legal process is now awaiting a clemency decision and sentencing arrangements.

US stocks closed higher on Friday as investors digested the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, which showed inflation remained sticky and reinforced market bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike next week, according to Sina Finance. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 509.19 points, or 0.98%, to 52,573.29; the S&P 500 gained 65.28 points, or 0.86%, to 7,656.98; and the Nasdaq added 251.32 points, or 0.96%, to 26,333.04. Most of the "Magnificent Seven" advanced, with Google, Amazon and Apple up more than 1%, Meta, Microsoft and Tesla posting modest gains, and Nvidia slightly lower. Among large-cap technology stocks, Dell Technologies surged more than 11%, Super Micro Computer rose more than 7%, Qualcomm gained nearly 3%, and Intel and SpaceX climbed more than 2%. Optical communications names advanced, with Marvell Technology up more than 4% and Coherent up more than 4%. Storage stocks were mixed, as Seagate Technology fell more than 3%, SanDisk dropped more than 3%, Western Digital declined nearly 3%, and SK Hynix rose nearly 1%. The three major averages had previously fallen for four consecutive trading days; for the Dow, that marked the longest daily losing streak since late April. Oil prices retreated, giving back part of the gains recorded this week on escalating Middle East tensions. At the close, New York Mercantile Exchange light crude for October delivery fell $2.43 to settle at $100.05 per barrel, down 2.37%, while London Brent crude for November delivery fell $3.02 to settle at $104.61 per barrel, down 2.81%. Even so, WTI crude rose nearly 10% for the week and Brent gained nearly 9%. The latest US inflation data showed rising energy prices exerted upward pressure on consumer goods. The August CPI rose 0.4% month-over-month and 3.4% year-over-year, in line with Dow Jones expectations, while core CPI, excluding energy and food, rose 0.3% month-over-month, slightly above expectations. The report prompted traders to increase bets on a Fed rate hike this month. According to the CME FedWatch tool, the market now prices the probability of a 25-basis-point hike at next week's FOMC meeting at about 87%, up from 72% the prior day and 50% a week earlier. After the report, yields were broadly steady, but the 2-year Treasury yield broke above 4.6%, reaching its highest level since July 2024. Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management, said the debate has shifted quickly from whether the Fed will hike to the more important question of how many hikes this cycle will ultimately require, adding that policymakers may conclude more than one hike is needed to rebuild price stability after five straight years of above-target inflation.

According to HKET, RTHK and Yahoo Taiwan, Asian index futures firmed in overnight trading after U.S. equities rebounded, ending a four-session slide, as oil prices eased and an in-line August U.S. CPI reading hardened expectations for a Federal Reserve rate increase. The Dow rose 509.19 points, or 0.98%, to 52,573.29. Nikkei 225 futures recovered in the Osaka overnight session. The near-month December 2026 contract closed the night session at 64,510, up 550 points, per JPX official data, rebounding from the Tokyo cash market's near-2% loss earlier Friday. Hong Kong futures were little changed overnight, with the Hang Seng Index night futures ending 6 points lower at 24,793 and the H-share night index up 0.4% at 5,811. Among ADRs converted to Hong Kong dollars, the HSBC ADR traded about 1.17% above its Hong Kong close, while the Tencent ADR was down 0.31%, the Meituan ADR down 0.51% and Alibaba's U.S. shares off 0.30%. The Hang Seng cash market had closed Friday down 148 points at 24,805. Taiwan futures led the overnight advance, with the TAIEX night futures settling at 46,588, up 401 points or 0.87%, buoyed by a 1.22% gain in the TSMC ADR. The TAIEX cash index had closed Friday down 755 points, or 1.61%, at 46,184.

According to Nikkei Asia, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment acquired a minority stake in Luckin Coffee through a transaction worth roughly $1 billion involving the Chinese coffee chain's controlling shareholder. The deal gives Mubadala an investment in one of China's best-known coffee chains.

The Detroit Tigers option in Polymarket’s Colorado Rockies vs. Detroit Tigers event market surged from 39.5% an hour ago to 84% in the Spread -1.5 submarket, according to Catcher Predict monitoring. According to ChainCatcher, the move reflected a 44.5 percentage point swing and came amid a warning to watch for related breaking news impact.

According to Wallstreetcn, Australian mining companies Bannerman Energy and Deep Yellow are advancing large uranium projects in Namibia to seize market opportunities from the global nuclear power revival, and Bannerman expects to finalize an agreement with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) by the end of September to jointly develop the Etango uranium mine, with CNNC set to buy a 45% stake in the subsidiary that holds a 95% interest in Etango.

SideSwap reopened L-BTC trading on Liquid while federation peg-outs remained suspended. According to NS3.AI, at 22:55 UTC on Sept. 10, 3,601 BTC backed 4,229 L-BTC, implying about 85.15% coverage. The suspended redemption route means the market price does not guarantee redemption at par.

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