The following charts plot the performance of a selection of world markets in 2015 for the final quarter, second half and full year.
The figures are adjusted for US dollars; so these are the returns for a US investor.
Fourth quarter
Market returns for October – December 2015
Second half
Market returns for July – December 2015
Full year
Market returns for January – December 2015
Consolidated
The above three time periods (4Q, 2H, Full Year) are consolidated into the one chart below.
Data
The following table has the data for the charts.
Market | 4Q(%) | 2H(%) | Full Year(%) |
AEX [Netherlands] | 2.0 | -8.8 | -6.6 |
Bovespa [Brazil] | -4.1 | -36.0 | -41.8 |
Brent Oil | -22.4 | -40.5 | -34.7 |
BSE Sensex [India] | -1.6 | -10.0 | -9.9 |
CAC 40 [France] | 1.2 | -5.6 | -2.6 |
DAX [Germany] | 8.1 | -4.2 | -1.7 |
Dow Jones Industrial Average [US] | 7.0 | -1.1 | -2.2 |
FTSE 100 [UK] | 0.3 | -10.1 | -10.1 |
FTSE 250 [UK] | 1.8 | -6.7 | 2.5 |
FTSE MIB [Italy] | -2.2 | -7.0 | 1.1 |
FTSE/Xinhua China 25 | 1.1 | -25.9 | -17.6 |
Gold | -4.8 | -9.5 | -10.4 |
Hang Seng [Hong Kong] | 5.0 | -16.5 | -7.1 |
IBEX 35 [Spain] | -3.0 | -13.6 | -16.7 |
Nasdaq Comp [US] | 8.4 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
Nikkei 225 [Japan] | 9.1 | -4.3 | 8.5 |
Platinum | -5.0 | -19.2 | -28.2 |
RTS [Russia] | -13.1 | -37.4 | -18.5 |
S&P 500 [US] | 6.5 | -0.9 | -0.7 |
S&P/ASX 200 [Australia] | 9.9 | -7.9 | -12.4 |
Silver | -4.8 | -11.9 | -11.8 |
Swiss Market Index | 0.7 | -6.3 | -2.6 |