What moved across world markets this week? (Aug 17, 2026)

Across the commodity, index, currency and digital-asset markets we track, this is where the movement was.

Advancing:

• KOSPI ₩6,852.58, 5.89%
• Cotton 88.11, 3.16%
• Bitcoin $71,137.79, 2.67%
• Silver $66.75, 1.41%
• Nikkei 225 ¥66,216.79, 1.36%

Declining:

• Natural Gas $2.7410, -2.59%
• Shanghai Composite ¥3,903.72, -2.17%
• Copper $6.4640, -0.49%
• DAX €25,971.97, -0.46%
• Straits Times 5,668.28, -0.46%

Worth remembering that these markets are not independent of one another. A stronger dollar tends to push dollar-priced commodities down for non-dollar buyers, and moves in real interest rates pull metals and long bonds in opposite directions from equities.

So a week where metals and indices move the same way usually reflects a change in rate expectations rather than anything specific to either market.

Each market above has its own page with the 52-week range and the funds that give exposure to it.