Performance of stock market indices around the world

Below we highlight the year to date performance of the major stock market indices for more than 80 countries around the world. The G-7 countries have black borders while the BRIC countries are shaded in blue.

After trading higher for the first 4 months of the year, global markets started going down in late April and early May on sovereign debt concerns.

Some emerging markets have done really well in 2010. Ukraine is the best performing country with a 52.92% increase. Other countries in the top 3 include Estonia (+46.64%) and Nigeria (+33.59%).



Source of this ranking: bespokeinvest.com