S&P 500 — US Large Cap Index
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Euro Stoxx 50 — Eurozone Leaders
DAX 40 — German Equities
CAC 40 — French Market Index
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ASX 200 — Australian Market
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STI Index — Singapore Market
KOSPI — South Korea Index
Bovespa — Brazil Equities
JSE Top 40 — South Africa Index
IPC Index — Mexico Market
Japan’s core consumer price index, which excludes fresh food but includes energy, increased 1.8% year-on-year in July 2026, following a 1.6% rise in June. It was the highest core inflation rate since January, in line with market forecasts. Still, the latest reading remained below the Bank of Japan’s 2% target for a seventh straight month, as government fuel subsidies helped offset price pressures from higher oil costs linked to the Middle East conflict. Meanwhile, the index excluding the effects of volatile fresh food and fuel, which the Bank of Japan closely watches as a better gauge of demand-driven price movements, climbed 1.9% year-on-year in July, marking the fastest increase in three months after posting the softest increase since August 2022 at 1.7% in June. The BoJ left interest rates at 1.0% at its July meeting, remaining at their highest level since September 1995, following a 25-bps hike in June to prevent higher oil prices from fueling inflation.
