Selling pressure hits markets, with only 30% of assets higher – August 24, 2026

Wrapping up the session on August 24, 2026, the markets tracked by Alysly showed noticeable risk aversion: 27 of 90 monitored assets (30 %) closed higher. Leading the day's moves was the crypto asset POL at +6.6 %. The major equity indices moved -0.6 % on average, with the crypto market at -0.5 %.

The key points at a glance

Breadth: 27 of 90 assets higher (30 %) – noticeable risk aversion.
Biggest daily move: POL at +6.6 %.
Indices: 1 of 16 higher – strongest Dow Jones (+0.27 %), weakest S&P 500 Informationstechnologie (-1.78 %).
Asset classes: leading precious metals (-0.1 %), lagging commodities (-2.4 %).
Crypto: top gainer PROM (+26.2 %), top loser TUT (-25.5 %).
Correlation: EUR/USD ↔ Gold at +0.60 (strongly positively correlated).
Real assets: top hammer price Porsche 911 Turbo (996) — 2001–2005 at $51,500 (Classic cars).

Market barometer

Market breadth27 / 90 up

Equity indices -0.6 %

Crypto -0.5 %

Precious metals -0.1 %

Commodities -2.4 %

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: POL

At +6.6 %, POL 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	-0.10 %	+3.1 %	+5.3 %
MSCI World	-0.28 %	+11.8 %	+18.8 %
S&P 500	-0.29 %	+11.8 %	+18.8 %
Nasdaq 100	-1.00 %	+15.2 %	+23.8 %
Dow Jones	+0.27 %	+10.3 %	+17.8 %
Russell 2000	-0.66 %	+19.8 %	+28.2 %
Euro STOXX 50	-0.22 %	+9.5 %	+18.9 %
MSCI ACWI	-0.38 %	+12.4 %	+20.1 %
MSCI ACWI IMI	–	–	–	–
MSCI China	-1.31 %	-11.7 %	-10.7 %
MSCI Emerging Markets	-1.50 %	+17.5 %	+31.3 %
MSCI EM IMI	-1.32 %	+16.7 %	+28.6 %
MSCI EMU	-0.18 %	+9.8 %	+18.0 %
MSCI Europe	-0.12 %	+9.5 %	+17.2 %
MSCI Europe Small Cap	–	–	–	–
MSCI Japan	-0.36 %	+16.6 %	+20.0 %
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	-0.19 %	+11.3 %	+17.4 %
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	-1.78 %	+24.8 %	+37.5 %
STOXX Europe 600	–	–	–	–

Of the 16 benchmark indices tracked, 1 closed higher – so the majority slipped. Dow Jones led the field at +0.27 %, while S&P 500 Informationstechnologie trailed at -1.78 %. 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
PROM PROM	$3.628	+26.19 %
PORTAL PORTAL	$0.01698	+25.31 %
ONG ONG	$0.08195	+13.63 %
AERO AERO	$0.5457	+13.29 %
VIRTUAL VIRTUAL	$0.7936	+8.42 %
POL POL	$0.11644	+6.58 %

Losers

Crypto daily losers
Name	Price	Change
TUT TUT	$0.04737	-25.51 %
SPK SPK	$0.019107	-17.48 %
PUMP PUMP	$0.004745	-9.22 %
TRUMP TRUMP	$2.394	-8.80 %
Aave AAVE	$132.32	-6.49 %
Sui SUI	$0.7999	-5.94 %

-0.5 %. PROM at +26.2 %, with TUT trailing at -25.5 %. 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 -0.1 %, energy and industrial commodities -2.4 %. Both groups declined. Gold is a traditional hedge, while crude oil and copper act as growth barometers.

Commodities & precious metals
Name	Price	Change
Gold	4697.8	+0.37 %
Silver	68.594	-1.35 %
Platinum	1889.2	-0.34 %
Palladium	1363.3	+0.97 %
WTI crude	85.01	-2.35 %
Brent crude	90.54	-2.30 %
Gasoline	2.9688	-2.56 %
Heating oil	4.1734	-4.82 %
Copper	6.605	+0.27 %

Foreign exchange (Forex)

The key pair EUR/USD moved -0.16 % – the US dollar firmed against the euro, showing relative strength. 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	1.16745	-0.16 %
GBP/USD	1.3631	-0.15 %
USD/JPY	158.9319771137953	+0.11 %
AUD/USD	0.71455	-0.42 %
USD/CAD	1.3837000138370001	+0.65 %
USD/CHF	0.8007366777435241	+0.22 %

Real assets: new hammer prices

Since 17 August 2026 the database has logged 1 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
Classic cars	1	$51,500	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 trading cards in this window – the most recent recorded sale is 7 days back (17 August 2026). With few, high-priced items such gaps are the norm, not a data outage. No lot changed hands in watches in this window – the most recent recorded sale is 72 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 – 115 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 +0.60. 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	+0.34
S&P 500 ↔ Gold	+0.43
Gold ↔ Crude oil (WTI)	-0.28
EUR/USD ↔ Gold	+0.60

Summary

Taken together, August 24, 2026 was a day of noticeable risk aversion across the markets Alysly tracks: 27 of 90 assets closed higher. The headline came from POL at +6.6 %. Across asset classes, precious metals led (-0.1 %) while commodities lagged (-2.4 %). The correlation between EUR/USD and Gold was strongly positively correlated (+0.60) – 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 (996) — 2001–2005 at $51,500 – 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.