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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.

Meta slipped 0.5% to $598 amid an employee backlash over its AI data-privacy practices.

Headline risk around AI governance is capping the stock even as ad revenue holds — a sentiment drag, not a fundamentals break.

$590 support and $610 resistance bracket the near-term range.