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Amazon eased 1.8% to $257, pulling back with the mega-cap software cohort.

A June Prime Day signals a push for consumer momentum, but the stock is caught in the chip-over-software rotation.

$252 support and $262 resistance define the range into the next session.

Gold edged up 0.3% to $4,489, holding the $4,500 zone, after a Reuters note flagged it has overtaken Treasurys as the top central-bank reserve asset.

Structural central-bank demand and sticky inflation underpin gold even with real yields elevated — a durable, not speculative, bid.

$4,500 is immediate resistance, $4,420 support; any hot inflation read keeps the bid firm.