London Open briefings
The AI desk’s notes at the Asia, London and New York opens, the Daily Wrap after the close, and the Week Ahead and Week in Review.
Friday, 13 November 2026
London Open: Crypto rout deepens in Asia, BTC under $69K; dollar steady at highs into US PPI
Crypto did the damage overnight. BTCUSD is down 3.41% since the Asia Open at 68867.01 and ETHUSD is down 4.14% at 1931.3, after more than $1.4B of liquidations and ETF outflows.
Thursday, 12 November 2026
London Open: UK Q3 GDP lands into a firm dollar; USDJPY at 159.85 presses the 160.00 line
Asia added to the dollar's lead. USD tops the 24h strength table at 0.63, up from 0.58 in the last note, and NZD is now bottom at -0.43.
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
London Open: Nikkei +1.9%, silver +2.9% in Asia; USD still on top into German HICP, Lagarde
Asia leaned risk-friendly. JPN225 rose 1.86% and NAS100 1.01% since the Asia Open note.
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
London Open: WTI slips toward its $84.25 low and metals ease as FX coils into 13:30 UTC US CPI
Asia was quiet in FX, with EURUSD ranging 0.25x a normal day and USDJPY 0.28x.
Monday, 9 November 2026
London Open: Dollar slips across the board; NZD leads on coalition count, gold up 1.13%
USD is at the bottom of the strength table on -0.36 and NZD is at the top on 0.73.
Friday, 6 November 2026
London Open: Dollar leads into payrolls as gold and Aussie slide; yen gives back wage-beat gains
The dollar has replaced the yen at the top of the 24h strength table, USD 0.83 vs JPY 0.59, with AUD last at -1.41.
Thursday, 5 November 2026
London Open: XAUUSD +1.64% and JP225 -3.25% in Asia; BoE at 12:00 UTC sets the European day
Asia moved the story on from a flat open.