Global markets watchlist snapshot — June 29, 2026

Through June 29, 2026, six of nine major global indexes tracked are positive year-to-date. Japan’s Nikkei 225 leads with a 37.8% gain. Canada’s TSX is up 9.8% and the U.S. S&P 500 has risen 8.1%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is the weakest, down 11.5%, followed by India’s BSE SENSEX, down about 10.0%, and Germany’s price-only DAXK, down roughly 2.0%. The full watchlist includes the S&P 500, TSX, FTSE 100, DAXK, CAC 40, Nikkei 225, Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng and BSE SENSEX.

The data are shown across several timeframes to allow direct comparison. One set of charts uses February 3, 2020, the official NBER recession start, and tracks performance from the pandemic lows in March 2020. Additional visualizations start on October 9, 2007, a prior S&P 500 closing high, and at the turn of the century. Each index is re-scaled to a common starting value so percentage moves are easier to compare.

Index-level lows occurred on different dates. Several European and North American indexes hit lows on or around March 9, 2009. The Nikkei reached its low on March 10, 2009. The DAXK bottomed around March 6, 2009 and the FTSE around March 3, 2009. The Shanghai Composite fell earlier, with a low on November 4, 2008, and the Hang Seng reached its low on October 27, 2008. For consistency in cross-market comparisons, the German index in the watchlist is tracked on a price-only basis and does not include dividends.

The watchlist also reports each index’s current level relative to its all-time peak, the date of that peak and the distance from record levels. For investors seeking single-country ETF exposure, examples include WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ), WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ), KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB), iShares MSCI India ETF (INDA), iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF (EWH), iShares MSCI Canada ETF (EWC) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY).