World Markets Watchlist: September 15, 2025

Core Insights - All nine global indexes tracked have shown gains through September 15, 2025, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng leading at a year-to-date gain of 34.8% [2] - The Shanghai index from China follows with an 18.3% gain, while Canada's TSX has a gain of 18.2% [2] - India's BSE SENSEX has the smallest year-to-date gain at 2.3% [2] Index Performance Context - A comparative performance chart illustrates the indexes' standings relative to their historical peaks, showing current values, all-time peaks, and the distance from those peaks [3] - The performance of world markets has been tracked since March 9, 2009, with various indexes hitting their lows on different dates, providing a visual representation of relative performance [5] - A longer-term view starting from October 9, 2007, captures the relative performance of these indexes during a significant market peak period [6]