12/08/2026 Daily Reports
Global Market Briefing – 12 August 2026
- Nasdaq. The Nasdaq Composite closed Tuesday down 0.60%, with the S&P 500 off 0.3% and the Dow down 0.3%, as the US-Iran standoff intensified. President Trump rebuked Iran’s demand for war reparations and said he would wait for economic pressure to build, while Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there was no possibility of restarting negotiations under current conditions. Alphabet fell about 3.6%. Nvidia had dropped nearly 3% on Monday after a Financial Times report that it is working with Apollo Global and Blackstone on a $500 billion AI infrastructure funding package. Intel extended its decline after raising its planned stock sale by $5 billion to $20 billion. The July Consumer Price Index is released today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Consensus is 3.4% headline year-on-year against 3.5% prior, and 2.5% core.
- DAX. The DAX rose 0.2%, on Tuesday to close at 26,391, led by Siemens Energy (+2.56%), Deutsche Telekom (+1.64%) and RWE (+1.52%). Siemens Energy advanced on reports it booked its highest quarterly gas-turbine order intake, while RWE and E.ON gained ahead of earnings this week. Adidas fell about 3% after On Holding missed second-quarter net sales estimates, and Zalando declined 2.8%.
- Nikkei. Tokyo was closed Tuesday for a public holiday. The Nikkei 225 ended Wednesday’s morning session at 67,040.18, up 0.10%, with buying concentrated in AI and semiconductor names following US chip gains. Trading volumes were subdued amid summer holidays and caution ahead of the US CPI release. Monday’s close was 66,970, up 2.08%, led by Recruit Holdings (+22.79%).
- Gold. Spot gold settled late Tuesday at $4369 , within a day’s range of $4,356–$4,436, up 0.7% today . The People’s Bank of China added roughly 20 tonnes to reserves in July after about 15 tonnes in June, the largest monthly increase since October 2023. Second-quarter global gold demand fell to 942 tonnes, the lowest since the third quarter of 2021, on weaker jewellery demand and ETF outflows.
- Brent. Brent rose more than 2% overnight into Wednesday, with October futures at $90,02, after attacks on Middle East shipping weakened prospects for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The benchmark is up about 24% versus pre-conflict levels. In its outlook released Tuesday, the EIA said it does not expect Middle East production to return near pre-conflict levels until early 2027 and projects Brent averaging $87 a barrel in 2026. Industry data showed US crude inventories rose 9.1 million barrels last week, the largest build since February.
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