Trading assets and market snapshots

Mar­kets have respond­ed to glob­al events in a vari­ety of ways. The war in Ukraine has tak­en a toll on wheat and ener­gy com­modi­ties, while climb­ing inter­est rates and soar­ing infla­tion have pushed the price of gold up and cryp­to down. Indices have also trend­ed down­ward. The world of trad­ing is com­plex and volatile, but there are huge rewards for those traders who make the right bets. Here’s how com­mon trad­ing assets have fared over the past six months