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The euro slumped to a 17-month low on Monday, weighed down by mounting market anxiety over France's

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COT Report 40 highlights a week of notable positioning changes across two platinum-group metals — with the euro's rare extreme adding broader context for commodity traders.Two markets that don't always move in tandem caught my attention in this week's Commitments of Traders report: platinum and palladium. Both showed larger-than-average weekly changes in Commercials' net positions, and both are backed by supportive ICOT scores readings. On top of that, the euro — which matters to anyone trading dollar-denominated commodities — has reached a multi-year COT extreme that's worth examining carefully.This is Report 40, and I'm analyzing futures and options combined data, net positions, using the classic COT report format.Platinum positioning changes support a near term risePlatinum recorded a 26% change in Commercials' net positions this week. That's clearly larger than average, and while similar-sized changes have appeared in the past on this chart, the current reading is directionally …

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Oct 5 (Reuters) - US stocks were mixed in early trading on Monday, as ​easing bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike helped cushion broader market sentiment, although Treasury yields and oil prices remained elevated.On Wall Street, ‌the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI), fell 0.57%, the S&P 500 (.SPX), rose 0.14%, and the Nasdaq Composite (.IXIC),  added about 0.5%.Concerns over France's fiscal position pushed the euro to a 17-month low and weighed on French assets. Europe's pan-regional STOXX 600 (.STOXX),  index edged up 0.15%, although Paris shares (.FCHI), fell about 1.1% to six-month lows.Brazilian stocks rallied after right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro outperformed poll predictions in the first round of the presidential election ​and advanced to a runoff against leftist incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.The iShares MSCI Brazil ETF jumped about 14%, while the Brazilian real surged against ​the dollar as Bolsonaro's lead raised hopes of a more business-friendly p…

Eurozone politics, a sliding euro and stressed French bond markets have put cash safety back in the spotlight, and that is where liquidity and cash management stocks come into play. When investors worry about sovereign risk, money often moves, sometimes quickly. This article walks through three eurozone providers that appear closely linked to this shift, and explains how the current backdrop could matter for anyone parking large cash balances. The three eurozone liquidity and cash management...

COT Report 40 highlights larger-than-average positioning shifts in platinum and palladium, with platinum's 26% and palladium's 20% weekly changes supported by ICOT scores, while the euro hits multi-year COT extremes that could signal an approaching bottom against the dollar.

The Monday session has several competing forces pulling investors in multiple directions.