【FXCM】13 August 2026· Daily Market Update

📊 Gold / FX / Index Daily Update | 13 August 2026

Dear traders — yesterday‘s U.S. CPI reduced some of the pressure for another Fed rate increase, but today’s Producer Price Index may provide the next inflation test.

July CPI rose only 0.1%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq moved higher and Gold reached its highest level in more than two months. AI and semiconductor stocks also rebounded strongly.

🟡 GOLD WATCH — XAUUSD

Quick View:

Gold gained around 0.9% to approximately $4,407.

Key levels to watch:

$4,400 psychological area / $4,450 resistance / $4,350 support

Why watch it？

Gold benefited from:

• softer inflation pressure

• lower Fed-hike expectations

• geopolitical uncertainty

Todays key question is whether PPI confirms the CPI story.

A softer producer-price reading may support Gold through lower yields, while stronger inflation could produce short-term profit-taking.

🔥 OIL WATCH — WTI / BRENT

Brent: $88.98

WTI: $83.27

Both finished almost unchanged after a volatile session.

Key levels:

Brent $87 / $89 / $90-$92

WTI $81 / $83 / $85

Oil remains highly sensitive to the Strait of Hormuz.

Lower global demand forecasts are limiting upside, while shipping attacks and the U.S.-Iran deadlock continue to maintain a geopolitical risk premium.

💵 FX WATCH — USDJPY / EURUSD

USDJPY

USDJPY remained near 159.39.

Key levels:

158.50 support / 159.50 pivot / 160.00 resistance

The 160 area remains particularly important because intervention risk may rise again.

A strong PPI could support Treasury yields and USDJPY; softer producer inflation may have the opposite effect.

EURUSD

EURUSD traded near 1.1524.

Key levels:

1.1500 / 1.1525 / 1.1600

📈 US INDEX WATCH — US30 / NAS100 / SPX500

Wednesday:

Dow -0.04%

S&P 500 +0.26%

Nasdaq +0.54%.

Key levels:

US30 — 53,500-54,000

SPX500 — 7,700-7,800

NAS100 — 26,500-27,000

Softer inflation and AI infrastructure optimism supported growth stocks.

Todays PPI may determine whether that combination remains supportive.

🤖 AI STOCKS WATCH — NVIDIA / SEMICONDUCTORS

AI stocks were one of Wednesdays strongest themes.

Nvidia +3.0%

Semiconductor Index +2.5%

Micron +4.9%

CoreWeave surged about 19%, while several other AI data-centre names also recorded strong gains after positive earnings and investment guidance.

Nvidia: around $224.09

Key areas: $220 / $225 / $230.

Why watch it？

The AI trade is increasingly being driven by:

• data-centre investment

• GPU demand

• financing availability

• hyperscaler capex

• revenue visibility

• Treasury yields

The major question remains whether rapidly increasing AI infrastructure investment can translate into sustainable returns.

🔎 TESLA / ALPHABET / INTEL

Wednesday:

Tesla -1.6%

Alphabet broadly flat

Intel +3.3%.

Technology performance remains selective even when the broader AI sector rallies.

Watch:

• Tesla sensitivity to growth-stock valuations

• Alphabet AI-chip competition

• Intel manufacturing momentum

• Treasury yields

• NAS100 breadth

🌏 ASIA INDEX WATCH

HKG33

Previous session approximately -0.8% near 25,440.

Key levels:

25,000 / 25,500 / 26,000

JPN225

Previous session approximately +0.8% to 67,524.

Key levels:

67,000 / 67,500 / 68,000

JPN225 remains supported by technology shares and a weak yen, but possible BOJ tightening and USDJPY intervention risk remain important.

₿ CRYPTO WATCH — BITCOIN

Bitcoin is trading around the $63,400-$64,000 area.

Key levels:

$63,000 support / $64,000 pivot / $65,000 resistance

Crypto remains linked to:

• Treasury yields

• USD liquidity

• NAS100

• Fed expectations

That makes todays PPI relevant even for Crypto.

PPI-related volatility may create potential trading opportunities, but price movements may accelerate around the 8:30 a.m. ET release, Treasury-yield changes, geopolitical headlines and intervention-related comments.

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