Market Recap 

XAUUSD 
XAUUSD advanced on Friday, closing at 4541.17, up 44.11 on the day (+1.0%). The session opened at 4497.06, slipped to the low of 4489.13 at 02:45, then climbed into the evening to register the high of 4595.29 at 18:13, which marked both a 5‑day and 10‑day high, before easing back into the close. Intraday movement spanned 106.16 points, equal to 2.36% of the opening level, with the final print sitting slightly below the midpoint of the range. Price traded on both sides of the 4500 figure and reached a peak just shy of 4600, leaving that round number unbroken. The close below 4550 kept it in the upper half of the day’s path but away from the highs set late in the session. On the hourly timeframe, the 21‑EMA was at 4530.41; price opened beneath that reference and finished marginally above it. Daily Bollinger levels showed the midline at 4585.83 and the upper band at 4765.5; intraday trade extended above the midline before settling back under it, while the upper band was not approached. On H4, the MACD signal printed -9.22. The high at 4595.29 now stands as the 5‑day benchmark, while the early trough defined the session low and was not revisited after the early hours. By the close, XAUUSD had retraced from its intraday peak yet retained a net gain for the session, finishing between 4500 and 4550 and near the center of the day’s overall range. 

USDJPY 
USDJPY finished the 29 May session little changed, settling at 159.25 by 23:56, up 0.02 (+0.01%) from the 159.23 open. Price marked the day’s high at 159.37 at 07:04 and later posted the low at 159.09 at 18:11, producing a 0.28 range, or 0.17% of the open. The close sat slightly above the session midpoint and closer to the high than the low, with roughly 0.12 separating the close from the high and 0.16 from the low. Trading stayed confined within the 159 handle throughout, holding above 159.00 and remaining below 160.00. The session tone was one of contained intraday movement: an early push to the high was followed by a drift to the afternoon low, before stabilizing into the close near the opening level. On the higher timeframes, the pair oscillated around the H4 21‑EMA at 159.26 and ended marginally below it. From a daily perspective, prices remained above the 20‑day SMA at 158.30 and above the lower Bollinger Band at 156.32. The day’s range did not challenge nearby daily reference levels, and spot spent the session entirely above the D1 moving average while fluctuating in a narrow band around the H4 trend marker. With the high set early and the low registered late in the day, the final print reflected an inside‑range close that neither extended toward the figure above nor retreated to test sub‑159 levels, leaving the cross broadly steady on the day with minimal net change. 

DJ30 
DJ30 finished at 51,042.75, up 288.15 points or 0.57% for the 29 May session, after traveling a 437-point intraday range that equated to 0.86% of the open and around 77% of the 14-day ATR of 564.81. The contract opened at 50,754.60, dipped to the session low of 50,694.05 at 04:30, then advanced into the late day to print the high at 51,131.05 at 18:15 before settling near the upper end of the day’s range. The close sat roughly four-fifths of the way off the low, while the round-number 51,000 handle was traded through and held into the bell. Intraday structure showed early weakness contained above 50,700, followed by a steady push that established the peak two and a half hours before the session end and left only a modest pullback into the finish. On the hourly chart, price closed above the 20-period simple moving average at 50,881.34 and the 21-period exponential moving average at 50,904.03, having started the session beneath both. On the H4 timeframe, MACD printed 109.55. The daily range stayed inside the prevailing average volatility envelope implied by ATR, while the settlement above 51,000 placed the finish closer to the session high than the low. No tick volume data were available. Times are server time for the session spanning 01:00 to 23:59. 

Economic Calendar Recap & Preview 

A softer-than-expected Tokyo CPI excluding food and energy was the lone notable release, easing to 1.6 percent year over year (prior 1.9 percent; forecast 2.0 percent), signaling a further moderation in core underlying price pressures in Japan’s capital. The calendar ahead is empty: there are no scheduled economic releases or central bank publications over the next 24 hours in server time, leaving markets without data catalysts. With no prints to benchmark against previous readings or forecasts, attention may default to price action and headlines, but the absence of scheduled releases implies a quieter data pulse until the next set of indicators arrives.