CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.
The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 2718.77, up 2.5% (+65.09) since 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
All 20 assets are trading higher.
Leaders: UNI (+8.4%) and ETH (+3.8%).
Laggards: APT (+0.1%) and SUI (+0.3%).
The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.
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