CoinDesk 20 performance update: NEAR Protocol (NEAR) jumps 8.1% over weekend

Avalanche (AVAX), up 5.5% since Friday, joined NEAR Protocol (NEAR) as a top performer.

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 1968.74, up 3.5% (+66.62) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday.

Seventeen of 20 assets are trading higher.

Leaders: NEAR (+8.1%) and AVAX (+5.5%).

Laggards: BCH (-0.6%) and XLM (-0.3%).

The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.

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