Major Cryptocurrencies See Slight Gains, Palladium Hits $1,600 for The First Time

At press time, the leading coin is trading at around $4,059, up around 0.62 percent on the day.

The second largest crypto by market capitalization, Ethereum, is trading at $139.88, having gained 0.19 percent on the day at press time.

Ripple is currently trading at $0.318, seeing slight growth in price during the day by 1.10 percent.

Stellar Lumens - which was today added by major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase - is trading at around $0.1138 at press time.

On the health scale recently introduced by CoinMarketCap, XLM is sitting at the 725 points at press time.

Binance Coin, the native token of major crypto exchange Binance, has lost around 0.70 percent over the past 24 hours, and is trading at $15.53 at press time.

The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies is currently around $140 billion, down by around $1 billion from its weekly high of $141.5 billion.

Today CNBC reported that palladium climbed over $1,600 for the first time, however at press time the asset is trading at around $1,597.

Platinum reportedly rose by almost 3 percent, and is trading at around $852.9 at press time.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reportedly closed lower for the first time in five days, exposed by declines in Apple, while investors are concerned about conflicting reports over the progress of United States-China trade negotiations.