Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The FOMC minutes are due at the top of the hour.

Gold futures settled $4.10 higher (+0.1%) at $3,321/oz, as investors balanced fresh safe-haven demand against rising Treasury yields and a firmer dollar. The uptick came amid cautious market sentiment around possible delays in U.S. tariff actions, which lent some support to non-yielding assets, while firm bond yields, reflecting growing concerns over inflation and the Federal Reserve's likely delay of rate cuts, constrained more robust rallies.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is up +0.1% to $97.57.