🌅 Morning Market Update | 26.05.2025 🇺🇸 Wall Street closed Friday in the red after Donald Trump threatened the EU with 50% tariffs for “negotiating in bad faith”: 📉 S&P 500: -0.67% | Dow: -0.61% | Nasdaq: -1% | Russell 2000: -0.28% 📞 A call with Ursula von der Leyen pushed the tariff deadline to 9 July, giving markets a breather. 🇯🇵 Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba voiced optimism ahead of the G7, noting potential 🇺🇸🇯🇵 deals on trade, shipbuilding, and Arctic projects. But negotiators insist: no partial deal. 🌏 Asia-Pacific markets reacted positively: 🟢 Nikkei 225: +0.8% | Kospi: +1.3% | Nifty 50: +0.5% | ASX 200: +0.1% 📈 MSCI Asia Pacific Index: +0.4% 🇨🇳 China lagged behind: 🔻 HSCEI: -1.5% | Shanghai: -0.26% 📉 EV stocks dropped on BYD price cuts ⚖️ Tech giants (Alibaba, JD, PDD) fell after new small merchant fee rules 💱 Forex: 💸 Dollar Index at 2023 lows (-0.3%) 💶 EURUSD broke above 1.14 (+0.4%) 🇦🇺🇳🇿 AUD & NZD: +0.5% 🇯🇵 USDJPY: +0.1% | 🇨🇭 CHF: flat 🥇 Metals: Gold: $3,347 (-0.32%) | Silver: $33.50 (+0.1%) 🛢️ Brent & WTI: +0.34% 🪙 Crypto stays hot: 🔶 Bitcoin: $109K (+1.9%) 🟣 Ethereum: $2,575 (+2%) 📈 Sushi: +4.65% | 🐶 Doge: +4.1% | 🔗 Chainlink: +3.9% 📌 Reminder: Wall Street 🇺🇸 and LSE 🇬🇧 are closed today for public holidays.