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EUR edged to 1.1769 as the dollar softened on risk-on flows into Asian equities and tech. DXY held below 98.10 for a third straight session.

Weak dollar momentum is structural — markets are pricing two Fed cuts by September while ECB stays hawkish on sticky services inflation.

US CPI Tuesday 15:30 TRT is the week's pivot. Core above 0.3% MoM would reprice Fed path and reverse dollar weakness sharply.

Microsoft fell 1.3% to $415.12 as reports surfaced about its troubled African data center expansion. The stock has lagged mega-cap peers all year.

MSFT is the odd one out in the AI rally — 25% off highs while peers flirt with records. Azure growth deceleration and heavy capex spending are eroding the bull case.

$410 support has held since April. Break below exposes $400. Needs a positive Azure growth data point to rejoin the AI rally.