Daily Brief archive · 2026-05-19

Archived snapshot from 2026-05-19.

MARKET 56 NEUTRAL CREDIT 56 NEUTRAL SENTIMENT 47 NEUTRAL GEO 51 UNSETTLED

▦ SECTORS

Sector leaders: XLE +2.54%, XLP +2.00%, XLRE +1.67%. Laggards: XLB -2.20%, XLK -1.99%, XLY -1.81%. wide rotation — meaningful dispersion.

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⇄ FX FIRM

DXY +0.41% (firm) · EUR/USD -0.11% · USD/JPY +0.10% · USD/CNH +0.28%.

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═ BONDS STEEP

10Y at 4.67% · +0.91% today · curve steep (+1.09) · steepening today · vol very calm.

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⛏ COMMODITIES

Groups: Ags -0.47% · Energy -1.15% · Metals -2.70%. Leaders: Cocoa +3.06%, Natural Gas +1.85%, Sugar +1.77%, Wheat +0.53%. Laggards: Uranium ETF -5.89%, WTI Crude -4.34%, Palladium -3.62%, Orange Juice -3.49%.

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◆ METALS GOLD SOFT

Gold -1.01% · Silver -3.01% · Platinum -1.37% · Palladium -3.62% · Copper -1.32%.

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⚡ ENERGY QUIET

Brent $111.02 (-0.96%) · WTI $103.94 (-4.34%) · B-W spread $+7.08 · NatGas $3.08 (+1.85%) · OVX geopolitical premium.

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▲ AGS

Grains avg -0.04% · Softs avg -0.73% · Leader Cocoa +3.06% · Laggard Orange Juice -3.49%.

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◎ CRYPTO QUIET

BTC -0.06% · ETH +0.03% · SOL -0.14% · dom 58.2% · F&G 25.

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∿ VOL NORMAL

VIX 18.00 (normal) · +1.01% today · MOVE 86.1 · SKEW 138.4.

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§ CBs

Cutting: BoE, SNB, RBA · On hold: US Fed, ECB, BoJ, BoC · Next: RBA in 0d.

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