World Markets Watchlist: February 9, 2026

Let's start with a very recent chart with the latest recession. We've used February 3, 2020 for our start date (this is the official NBER recession start). Eight of the nine indexes on our world markets watch list posted year-to-date gains through February 9, 2026. Japan's Nikkei 225 is in the top spot with a year-to-date gain of 12.0%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng is in second with a year-to-date gain of 5.5% while England's FTSE 100 is in third with a year-to-date gain of 4.6%. On the opposite end, India's BSE S ...