Precious metals add 5.5% – August 4, 2026

Wrapping up the session on August 4, 2026, the markets tracked by Alysly showed clear risk-on appetite: 57 of 95 monitored assets (60 %) closed higher. Leading the day's moves was the commodity Palladium at +8.3 %. The major equity indices moved +1.9 % on average, with the crypto market at +0.4 %.

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: Palladium

At +8.3 %, Palladium 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	+1.44 %	+1.4 %	+6.0 %
MSCI World	+1.65 %	+10.4 %	+20.1 %
S&P 500	+1.80 %	+10.9 %	+20.0 %
Nasdaq 100	+3.40 %	+14.2 %	+24.1 %
Dow Jones	+1.73 %	+9.8 %	+20.2 %
Russell 2000	+1.85 %	+19.1 %	+34.8 %
Euro STOXX 50	+1.25 %	+7.8 %	+21.7 %
MSCI ACWI	+1.70 %	+10.8 %	+21.3 %
MSCI ACWI IMI	–	–	–	–
MSCI China	+0.34 %	-10.2 %	-2.7 %
MSCI Emerging Markets	+2.61 %	+14.4 %	+32.1 %
MSCI EM IMI	+2.73 %	+13.2 %	+29.0 %
MSCI EMU	+1.24 %	+8.0 %	+20.6 %
MSCI Europe	+1.00 %	+7.5 %	+19.4 %
MSCI Europe Small Cap	–	–	–	–
MSCI Japan	+1.83 %	+14.2 %	+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	+1.23 %	+9.3 %	+19.9 %
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	+4.98 %	+23.4 %	+35.8 %
STOXX Europe 600	–	–	–	–

Of the 16 benchmark indices tracked, 16 finished the day higher, so the majority advanced. S&P 500 Informationstechnologie led the field at +4.98 %, while MSCI China trailed at +0.34 %. 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
PUMP PUMP	$0.002422	+13.44 %
COTI COTI	$0.01412	+12.33 %
TUT TUT	$0.02157	+5.79 %
ZRO ZRO	$0.782	+5.39 %
ZEC ZEC	$506.57	+4.81 %
BEL BEL	$0.0988	+4.22 %

Losers

Crypto daily losers

Name	Price	Change
ROBO ROBO	$0.01216	-5.22 %
ERA ERA	$0.0638	-4.63 %
OPN OPN	$0.0507	-3.61 %
HOLO HOLO	$0.0651	-3.27 %
ENSO ENSO	$0.902	-2.28 %
Aave AAVE	$90.48	-2.09 %

+0.4 %. PUMP at +13.4 %, with ROBO trailing at -5.2 %. 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.

Precious metals averaged +5.5 %, energy and industrial commodities -3.2 %. That is the classic pattern of a more defensive phase: metals bid, cyclical commodities softer. Gold is a traditional hedge, while crude oil and copper act as growth barometers.

Foreign exchange (Forex)

All currency pairs are listed in the forex overview.

The key pair EUR/USD moved +0.16 %: the euro gained on the US dollar, so the dollar was relatively weaker. A firmer dollar tends to weigh on commodities and emerging markets, a weaker one supports them. Prices are drawn from CME FX futures.

Foreign exchange (Forex)

Pair	Price	Change
EUR/USD	1.1551	+0.16 %
GBP/USD	1.345	+0.15 %
USD/JPY	157.146	+0.61 %
AUD/USD	0.704	+0.66 %
USD/CAD	1.4041	+0.15 %
USD/CHF	0.805737	-0.09 %

Real assets: new hammer prices

Since 28 July 2026 the database has logged 160 new auction records. Unlike stocks or crypto, real assets are not quoted continuously. Every figure in this section is a price someone actually paid.

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.

Nothing was sold at auction in watches in this window. The last sale on file is 52 days old (13 June 2026). Where trading is rare and expensive, gaps like this belong to the market rather than to a failed fetch.

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, 64 days before this report. The gap reflects the publication lag of the sources rather than missing data.

Data note 1

Cross-asset correlations

Over the past 90 trading days, EUR/USD and Gold were moderately correlated, with a correlation coefficient of +0.55. 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

Taken together, August 4, 2026 was a day of clear risk-on appetite across the markets Alysly tracks: 57 of 95 assets gained. The headline came from Palladium at +8.3 %. Across asset classes, precious metals led (+5.5 %) while commodities lagged (-3.2 %). The correlation between EUR/USD and Gold stood at +0.55, 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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