S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
FTSE 100 — UK Blue Chips
Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
Nikkei 225 — Japan Benchmark
Hang Seng — Hong Kong Index
Shanghai Composite — China Mainland
ASX 200 — Australian Market
TSX Composite — Canada Index
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STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico MarketGold rose to around $4,360 per ounce on the first trading day of 2026, extending its bullish momentum from its strongest annual performance in more than four decades. The metal gained about 65% last year, fueled by sweeping global US tariffs, expectations of lower US borrowing costs, persistent geopolitical uncertainty, sustained central bank buying, and renewed inflows into gold-backed exchange-traded funds. Early this week, minutes from the FOMC’s December meeting, showed growing openness among policymakers to easing monetary policy if inflation continues to cool, although officials remained divided over the timing and scale of potential rate cuts. On the geopolitical front, the US recently stepped up enforcement against Venezuela’s oil trade, while renewed Russia-Ukraine strikes over the New Year period targeted Black Sea ports and key energy infrastructure.
