5:00 PM Flash: Bitcoin Surges Past 76K as Oil Climbs and Gold Hits 4523 Amid Global Tensions

5:00 PM Flash: Good evening everyone, here is your live market snapshot at five PM. Gold is currently trading at four thousand five hundred twenty three dollars. WTI crude oil is at ninety six point six dollars per barrel. And Bitcoin is surging, now at seventy six thousand six hundred thirty one dollars. After four PM, we are laser focused on these key assets as European and Asian markets digest the latest developments. Breaking tonight, Iran’s national soccer team has dramatically abandoned its World Cup training base just weeks before the tournament amid fresh threats of U.S. military action from the Trump administration. The move is sending fresh geopolitical jitters through energy markets with WTI crude pushing higher on supply disruption fears. On Wall Street, billionaire Philippe Laffont trimmed eight of his top ten positions last quarter, but the two holdings he kept share a powerful common theme that investors are watching closely. Morgan Stanley also sent a clear bullish message on Cummins stock as the data center boom continues to drive industrial demand. In other news, a pet supplies store operator has become the latest retailer to file for Chapter eleven bankruptcy, adding to pressure on the consumer discretionary space. This is Miss Vicky from the Options Desk at VixShield, where it's not news till we talk about it. Stay with us as Russell Clark joins with more analysis.