MSCI Emerging Markets tops the major indices at +1.6% – August 12, 2026

Looking back at August 12, 2026, the markets tracked by Alysly showed a mixed picture: 27 of 80 monitored assets (34 %) closed higher. The day's biggest swing came from the crypto asset Arbitrum at -7.7 %. The major equity indices moved +0.5 % on average, as digital assets averaged -1.2 %. Notably, equities and crypto diverged, moving in opposite directions on the day.

Market barometer

Breadth = share of all tracked instruments (indices, liquid crypto, commodities, forex) with a positive daily change. Bars scale with the magnitude of each asset class's average daily return.

In focus: Arbitrum

At -7.7 %, Arbitrum was the day's most notable single move. The chart shows its trajectory over the selected range:

Indices on the day

Every index we track is listed in the index overview.

Indices on the day

Index	Day	2026	1J	52W
DAX	-0.12 %	+2.8 %	+4.9 %
MSCI World	+0.33 %	+12.8 %	+20.1 %
S&P 500	+0.25 %	+13.1 %	+20.2 %
Nasdaq 100	+0.73 %	+18.0 %	+24.8 %
Dow Jones	-0.02 %	+11.1 %	+20.8 %
Russell 2000	+0.57 %	+21.7 %	+33.5 %
Euro STOXX 50	+0.07 %	+10.0 %	+20.5 %
MSCI ACWI	+0.47 %	+13.4 %	+21.6 %
MSCI ACWI IMI	–	–	–	–
MSCI China	-0.97 %	-11.5 %	-6.2 %
MSCI Emerging Markets	+1.57 %	+18.2 %	+33.2 %
MSCI EM IMI	+1.41 %	+17.4 %	+30.6 %
MSCI EMU	+0.22 %	+10.3 %	+19.6 %
MSCI Europe	-0.05 %	+9.1 %	+18.2 %
MSCI Europe Small Cap	–	–	–	–
MSCI Japan	+1.57 %	+20.2 %	+23.4 %
MSCI USA	–	–	–	–
MSCI USA Kommunikationsdienste	–	–	–	–
MSCI USA Zyklische Konsumgüter	–	–	–	–
MSCI USA Nichtzyklische Konsumgüter	–	–	–	–
MSCI USA Finanzwesen	–	–	–	–
MSCI USA Gesundheitswesen	–	–	–	–
MSCI USA Informationstechnologie	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Kommunikationsdienste	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Zyklische Konsumgüter	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Nichtzyklische Konsumgüter	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Energie	–	–	–	–
MSCI World ex USA	+0.38 %	+11.8 %	+19.1 %
MSCI World Finanzwesen	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Gesundheitswesen	–	–	–	–
MSCI World IMI	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Industrie	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Informationstechnologie	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Materialien	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Minimum Volatility	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Momentum	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Quality	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Small Cap	–	–	–	–
MSCI World SRI	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Versorger	–	–	–	–
MSCI World Value	–	–	–	–
S&P 500 Informationstechnologie	+1.49 %	+30.9 %	+40.8 %
STOXX Europe 600	–	–	–	–

Of the 16 benchmark indices tracked, 12 finished the day higher, so the majority advanced. MSCI Emerging Markets led the field at +1.57 %, while MSCI China trailed at -0.97 %. The “52W” column shows where each index sits within its yearly range. A marker far to the right means it is trading close to its 52-week high.

Crypto: daily gainers & losers

From the 50 largest crypto assets by trading volume, excluding illiquid micro-caps.

Gainers

Crypto daily gainers

Name	Price	Change
PROM PROM	$2.678	+43.90 %
COTI COTI	$0.01247	+24.58 %
CHIP CHIP	$0.02328	+4.39 %
ROBO ROBO	$0.01346	+3.06 %
ZEC ZEC	$490.2	+1.81 %
NEAR NEAR	$1.644	+1.42 %

Losers

Crypto daily losers

Name	Price	Change
BMT BMT	$0.01671	-29.19 %
HOLO HOLO	$0.071	-13.20 %
TUT TUT	$0.06706	-12.40 %
WAL WAL	$0.0213	-10.50 %
Arbitrum ARB	$0.0741	-7.72 %
XPL XPL	$0.07399	-5.83 %

The crypto market's daily mean was -1.2 %, moving against equities. Leading the pack was PROM at +43.9 %, with BMT trailing at -29.2 %. Crypto remains the most volatile asset class covered here. Daily swings of this magnitude are normal and say little about the long-term trend.

Commodities & precious metals

All series: commodities and precious metals.

Foreign exchange (Forex)

All currency pairs are listed in the forex overview.

Foreign exchange (Forex)

Pair	Price	Change
EUR/USD 11 Aug 2026	1.1556	–
GBP/USD 11 Aug 2026	1.3503	–
USD/JPY 11 Aug 2026	158.844	–
AUD/USD 11 Aug 2026	0.70545	–
USD/CAD 11 Aug 2026	1.38985	–
USD/CHF 11 Aug 2026	0.808244	–

Real assets: new hammer prices

Between 5 August 2026 and today, 134 auction records were captured. Real assets have no continuous quote; a price only comes into being with the hammer.

Median = the middle hammer price among this window's records, not the value of a fixed position. It moves simply because different items come up for sale each week. The price index below avoids exactly this composition effect. Prices are hammer prices including the buyer's premium.

No hammer price was recorded in watches in this window. The latest record stems from 13 June 2026, so 60 days ago. In a thinly traded collectors' market such a pause is normal, not a missing update.

The trading-card price index stands at 537.6, +191.2 % against a year ago (base 100 at the first quarter covered, as of 28 August 2026). It measures price changes of the same good rather than the median of a changing offer. Against the previous reading (29 June 2026) that is -2.4 %, a quarterly figure rather than a daily one.

Residential property: an official index, not a hammer price

For residential property there are no individual sales to report: prices there are formed in statistics, not under the hammer. The latest available reading is 1 June 2026, 72 days before this report. The gap reflects the publication lag of the sources rather than missing data. A new reading has landed since the previous report.

Data note 1

Cross-asset correlations

Over the past 90 trading days, EUR/USD and Gold were strongly positively correlated, with a correlation coefficient of +0.62. A value near +1 means they move together, near −1 they move opposite, near 0 there is no linear link. For portfolio diversification, low or negative correlations are valuable because they smooth out volatility.

Summary

On balance, August 12, 2026 was a day of a mixed picture across the markets Alysly tracks: 27 of 80 assets gained. The headline came from Arbitrum at -7.7 %. Across asset classes, equities led (+0.5 %) while crypto lagged (-1.2 %). The correlation between EUR/USD and Gold stood at +0.62, a gauge of how much diversification benefit combining the two currently offers. Away from the capital markets, the top hammer price was Porsche 911 Turbo (993) · 1995–1998 at $320,000, a price struck at a single table rather than on an exchange. A single trading day is only a small slice, though: over longer periods, asset classes, regions and holding period shape a portfolio's result more than any one day's move.

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