Arbitrum climbs 18.9% – August 19, 2026

Wrapping up the session on August 19, 2026, the markets tracked by Alysly showed a mixed picture: 70 of 88 monitored assets (80 %) closed higher. Leading the day's moves was the crypto asset Arbitrum at +18.9 %. The major equity indices moved +0.3 % on average, with the crypto market at +5.5 %.

The key points at a glance

Breadth: 70 of 88 assets higher (80 %) – a mixed picture.
Biggest daily move: Arbitrum at +18.9 %.
Indices: 13 of 16 higher – strongest MSCI Emerging Markets (+1.18 %), weakest S&P 500 Informationstechnologie (-1.07 %).
Asset classes: leading crypto (+5.5 %), lagging commodities (-0.6 %).
Crypto: top gainer RE (+34.9 %), top loser GPS (-36.9 %).
Correlation: EUR/USD ↔ Gold at +0.61 (strongly positively correlated).
Real assets: top hammer price Umbreon #H30 — Skyridge (2003) at $78,000 (Trading cards).

Market barometer

Market breadth70 / 88 up

Equity indices +0.3 %

Crypto +5.5 %

Precious metals +3.3 %

Commodities -0.6 %

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 +18.9 %, Arbitrum was the day's most notable single move. The chart shows its trajectory over the selected range:

Indices on the day

Indices on the day
Index	Day	2026	1J	52W
DAX	+0.74 %	+3.1 %	+4.5 %
MSCI World	+0.23 %	+12.2 %	+19.7 %
S&P 500	+0.21 %	+12.6 %	+20.2 %
Nasdaq 100	-0.20 %	+16.8 %	+25.8 %
Dow Jones	+0.26 %	+10.5 %	+18.9 %
Russell 2000	+0.50 %	+21.3 %	+33.4 %
Euro STOXX 50	+0.36 %	+9.5 %	+17.8 %
MSCI ACWI	+0.39 %	+12.8 %	+21.1 %
MSCI ACWI IMI	–	–	–	–
MSCI China	+0.89 %	-11.0 %	-7.0 %
MSCI Emerging Markets	+1.18 %	+17.5 %	+32.7 %
MSCI EM IMI	+1.18 %	+16.8 %	+30.0 %
MSCI EMU	+0.15 %	+9.5 %	+17.0 %
MSCI Europe	+0.74 %	+9.1 %	+16.8 %
MSCI Europe Small Cap	–	–	–	–
MSCI Japan	-0.62 %	+16.5 %	+18.4 %
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	+0.36 %	+10.9 %	+16.9 %
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	-1.07 %	+27.3 %	+40.4 %
STOXX Europe 600	–	–	–	–

Of the 16 benchmark indices tracked, 13 closed higher – so the majority advanced. MSCI Emerging Markets led the field at +1.18 %, while S&P 500 Informationstechnologie trailed at -1.07 %. 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 – illiquid micro-caps excluded.

Gainers

Crypto daily gainers
Name	Price	Change
RE RE	$0.5374	+34.86 %
TRUMP TRUMP	$1.793	+27.25 %
HEMI HEMI	$0.00872	+22.47 %
MUBARAK MUBARAK	$0.02041	+19.01 %
Arbitrum ARB	$0.0895	+18.86 %
Ethereum ETH	$2252.8	+17.46 %

Losers

Crypto daily losers
Name	Price	Change
GPS GPS	$0.01166	-36.90 %
TUT TUT	$0.03262	-20.17 %
ACE ACE	$0.1892	-16.73 %
BB BB	$0.00996	-8.62 %
ALLO ALLO	$0.2897	-4.14 %
OPN OPN	$0.0549	-3.17 %

+5.5 %. RE at +34.9 %, with GPS trailing at -36.9 %. 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

Precious metals averaged +3.3 %, energy and industrial commodities -0.6 %. 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.

Commodities & precious metals
Name	Price	Change
Gold	4545.3	+2.82 %
Silver	65.825	+2.79 %
Platinum	1810.5	+4.42 %
Palladium	1334.2	+3.14 %
WTI crude	84.39	+0.39 %
Brent crude	91.62	+0.66 %
Gasoline	2.9775	-1.02 %
Heating oil	4.3227	-2.86 %
Copper	6.496	+0.05 %

Foreign exchange (Forex)

The key pair EUR/USD moved +0.84 % – 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	1.16855	+0.84 %
GBP/USD	1.3607	+0.54 %
USD/JPY	157.99036258788215	-0.81 %
AUD/USD	0.7119	+0.53 %
USD/CAD	1.3794054762397407	-0.68 %
USD/CHF	0.7956398933842542	-1.78 %

Real assets: new hammer prices

Since 12 August 2026 the database has logged 47 new auction records. Unlike stocks or crypto, real assets are not quoted continuously — every figure in this section is a price someone actually paid.

New hammer prices per asset class
Asset class	Records	Median	Highest hammer price	Price
Trading cards	45	$4,080	Umbreon #H30 — Skyridge (2003) 17 Aug 2026	$78,000
Classic cars	2	$46,000	Porsche 911 Turbo (996) — 2001–2005 19 Aug 2026	$51,500

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 — precisely the composition effect the price index below avoids. Prices are hammer prices including the buyer's premium.

No lot changed hands in watches in this window – the most recent recorded sale is 67 days back (13 June 2026). With few, high-priced items such gaps are the norm, not a data outage.

The trading-card price index stands at 536.8, +251.0 % against a year ago (base 100 at the first quarter covered, as of 17 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 -2.9 % – a quarterly figure, not 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 May 2026 – 110 days before this report, which reflects the publication lag of the sources rather than missing data.

Residential property indices
Series	Level	Prior print	1 year
United States (Case-Shiller) 1 May 2026	335.1	+0.6 %	+1.1 %
Germany 31 Mar 2026	153.4	+0.3 %	+1.4 %
Euro area 31 Mar 2026	157.4	+0.9 %	+4.6 %

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 +0.61. 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 – they smooth out volatility.

Cross-asset correlations
Pair	r (90d)	−1 … +1
S&P 500 ↔ Bitcoin	+0.37
S&P 500 ↔ Gold	+0.46
Gold ↔ Crude oil (WTI)	-0.31
EUR/USD ↔ Gold	+0.61

Summary

Taken together, August 19, 2026 was a day of a mixed picture across the markets Alysly tracks: 70 of 88 assets closed higher. The headline came from Arbitrum at +18.9 %. Across asset classes, crypto led (+5.5 %) while commodities lagged (-0.6 %). The correlation between EUR/USD and Gold was strongly positively correlated (+0.61) – a gauge of how much diversification benefit combining the two currently offers. Away from the capital markets, the top hammer price was Umbreon #H30 — Skyridge (2003) at $78,000 – a price struck at a single table rather than on an exchange. For long-term investors, though, single trading days are noise: what matters is broad diversification across asset classes, regions and time – not any one day's move.