LONDON (January 01 2003) : As stock markets ground to the end of another troubled year on Tuesday, Pakistan's stood out as the world's best performer, its key index more than doubling as a crackdown on unofficial banking channels pushed funds into the market.
Frankfurt's Xetra DAX was the world's worst performing major index with a 44.96 percent fall, as Germany's sluggish economy, poor corporate earnings and banking system worries combined with fears of a possible US war with Iraq to punch out investors.
A snapshot of 2002 index percentage performance taken at 1200 GMT on December 31, with several hours of trade left in some European markets and a half day of trading set for US markets.
============================================================ COUNTRY INDEX CHNG IN PERCENT ============================================================ Pakistan Karachi 100 KSE +112.20 Sri Lanka All-Share CSE +31.25 Czech Rep PX50 PX50 +18.80 Thailand SET SETI +17.32 Indonesia JSX JKSE +8.39 India Sensex BSESN +3.52 Poland WIG 20 WIG20 -2.63 New Zealand NZ Top 40 NZ40 -5.25 Malaysia KLSE Composite KLSE -7.15 Korea KOSPI KS11 -9.54 Australia SP/ASX 200 AXJO -12.13 Philippines PHS Composite PSI -12.81 Canada S&P/TSX SPTSE -13.93 USA Dow Jones Industrials DJI -16.85 China Shanghai A SSEA -17.13 Singapore Straits Times STI -17.40 China Shenzhen A SZSA -17.91 Hong Kong Hang Seng HSI -18.21 Japan Topix TOPX -18.30 Japan Nikkei 225 N225 -18.63 Taiwan Weighted TWII -19.79 USA S&P 500 SPX -23.40 Italy MIBTEL MIBTEL -23.50 UK FTSE 100 FTSE -24.53 Switzerland Swiss Market Index SSMI -27.84 Madrid IBEX 35 IBEX -28.11 China Shenzhen B SZSB -29.62 USA Nasdaq IXIC -31.32 Europe FTSE Eurotop 300 FTEU3 -32.00 Europe Stoxx 50 STOXX -32.47 France CAC 40 FCHI -33.50 China Shanghai B SSEB -33.83 Finland HEX HEX -34.62 Netherlands AEX AEX -36.05 Sweden OMX Index -41.74 Germany Xetra DAX GDAXI -44.96 ============================================================
