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Top 25 issuers by reported market capitalization in The Weekly 250. Prices: 2 Oct 2026 close. Changes: versus 2026-09-25; not live.

THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL WEEKLYSeptember 28–October 4, 2026Vol. 01 · No. 001
THE WORLD AT A GLANCE

World markets

Reference snapshot

Financial centers · Natural Earth

S&P 5007,722.72

index points ·

EUR / USD 1.12045 Oct 2026 · USD per EUR

Dated observations · not live quotes
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Currency cross-rates show local-currency units per U.S. dollar, calculated from the same ECB euro reference snapshot. The U.S. card leads with a dated S&P500 index close and shows USD per EUR beneath. Pins locate financial centers; currency references are not exchange-specific prices.

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Earth at night, 2016 composite

Earth at night, 2016 composite

NASA Earth Observatory / NASA–NOAA · 2016

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Rare-earth exploration trench, Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming

Rare-earth exploration trench, Bear Lodge Mountains, Wyoming

Philip Verplanck / U.S. Geological Survey · approximately 2012

Public domain, as designated on the source page.

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Wafer close-up

Wafer close-up

J.L. Lee / NIST · 2018-10-16

NIST employee work; U.S. public domain, distributed under NIST's non-SRD works terms. Republished courtesy of NIST. Work is provided as is; no NIST endorsement or warranty.

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New York Stock Exchange, June 2024

New York Stock Exchange, June 2024

Kidfly182 / Wikimedia Commons · 2024-06-29

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Federal Reserve headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Federal Reserve headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Dan Smith (Rdsmith4) / Wikimedia Commons; perspective and brightness edit by Dontworry · 2004-09-05

CC BY-SA 2.5. Display cropped to fit; original image retained under the same license. No endorsement implied.

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