What moved across world markets this week? (Aug 31, 2026)

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

Advancing:

• Corn 538.25, 5.13%
• Crude Oil (WTI) $85.79, 2.87%
• Brent Crude $90.78, 1.65%
• Copper $6.6690, 1.63%
• Wheat 777.25, 1.34%

Declining:

• Coffee 312.60, -8.57%
• Sugar 17.56, -3.46%
• Platinum $1,814.00, -1.82%
• Russell 2000 $2,972.37, -1.39%
• Palladium $1,414.50, -0.99%

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.