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Global markets tilt higher as Japan leads year-to-date gains

As of September 8, 2026, six of nine major indexes on ETF Trends’ watchlist are still in positive territory.

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ETF Trends’ global markets watchlist tracks nine prominent benchmarks across the US, Europe, Asia and emerging markets, and finds that through September 8, 2026, six of the nine indexes remain in positive year-to-date territory.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 is the standout, up 30.2% year to date, followed by Canada’s TSX (+13.9%) and the United States’s S&P 500 (+12.1%).

The weakest performer on the list is India’s BSE SENSEX, down 11.3% for the year, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is also negative at -1.2%.

ETF Trends also provides charts that compare performance across regions by aligning historical start dates and using a log scale to visualize relative moves since 2009 recession timing and earlier S&P 500 peak levels.

Latest closeS&P 500 7,636.36 ▼0.5%|Nikkei 225 65,269.33 ▼1.7%|Hang Seng 25,317.18 ▼0.4%

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