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As of Aug 21, 2026, 08:00 AM GMT+3Source: Yahoo Finance

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Market movers

Home and major world indices at a glance.

S&P 500

7,641.16 USD

▼ 0.66%

Dow Jones

52,759.21 USD

▼ 1.10%

Nasdaq

26,067.17 USD

▼ 0.85%

NIFTY 50

24,248.65 INR

▲ 0.07%

FTSE 100

10,748.16 GBP

▲ 0.19%

SENSEX

77,611.62 INR

▲ 0.10%

Nikkei 225

65,959.07 JPY

▼ 0.39%

DAX

25,983.04 EUR

▼ 0.56%

Saudi Arabia markets

3 quotes
S&P 500 7,641.16 USD -50.60 ▼ 0.66%
Dow Jones 52,759.21 USD -584.2 ▼ 1.10%
Nasdaq 26,067.17 USD -222.5 ▼ 0.85%

World markets

11 quotes
NIFTY 50 24,248.65 INR 16.80 ▲ 0.07%
FTSE 100 10,748.16 GBP 20.16 ▲ 0.19%
SENSEX 77,611.62 INR 73.90 ▲ 0.10%
Nikkei 225 65,959.07 JPY -257.7 ▼ 0.39%
DAX 25,983.04 EUR -145.3 ▼ 0.56%
Hang Seng 25,883.24 HKD 388.17 ▲ 1.52%
ASX 200 9,046.20 AUD -7.600 ▼ 0.08%
CAC 40 8,453.09 EUR -48.82 ▼ 0.57%
SSE Composite 3,899.59 CNY 5.17 ▲ 0.13%
All Ordinaries 9,257.40 AUD 2.20 ▲ 0.02%
Straits Times 5,679.83 SGD -14.41 ▼ 0.25%

Commodities

7 quotes
Gold 4,597.30 USD 81.00 ▲ 1.79%
Silver 69.09 USD 1.06 ▲ 1.56%
Copper 6.55 USD 0.08600 ▲ 1.33%
Platinum 1,879.40 USD 48.40 ▲ 2.64%
WTI Crude Oil 86.43 USD -1.400 ▼ 1.59%
Brent Crude 93.49 USD -0.2900 ▼ 0.31%
Natural Gas 2.75 USD 0.01200 ▲ 0.44%

Crypto · USD

6 quotes
Bitcoin 74,999.99 USD 1,986.99 ▲ 2.72%
XRP 1.31 USD 0.04530 ▲ 3.57%
Ethereum 2,353.00 USD 26.40 ▲ 1.13%
Dogecoin 0.08228 USD 0.001800 ▲ 2.30%
BNB 659.88 USD 5.00 ▲ 0.76%
Solana 89.42 USD 1.79 ▲ 2.04%

FX

5 quotes
EUR/USD 1.1696 USD 0.0022 ▲ 0.19%
GBP/USD 1.3644 USD 0.0044 ▲ 0.32%
USD/JPY 159.0050 JPY 0.7300 ▲ 0.46%
AUD/USD 0.7143 USD 0.0018 ▲ 0.25%
NZD/USD 0.5969 USD 0.0033 ▲ 0.56%

Markets news

finance

S&P 500 fell 0.43% as global markets retreat

Where the major indices, gold and currencies landed, and what the moves mean for Riyadh investors and retirement balances.

By Markets Desk · July 25, 2026 · 1 min read

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