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Global Stock Markets - 2008 Performance (Winners & Losers)

last updated: 2 January 2009
Here's a look at how bad things were for global stock market indices in 2008.

Ghana +60%

Tunisia  +10%

Costa Rica  -4%

Morocco -6%

Venezuela  -9%

Botswana -15%

Slovakia  -19%

Lebanon  -21%

Chile  -23%

Mexico -27%

South Africa  -27%

Columbia -29%

London FTSE 100  -31.3%

New York - Dow -33.84%

Canada -35%

Kuwait -38%

Frankfurt Dax-30 -40.4%

Brazil -41%

Sydney -41.3%

Toyko -42.1%

Paris CAC -42.7%

FTSE Eurofirst 300 -44.7%

Taiwan -46%

Hong Kong -48.3%

Singapore -49.2%

Argentia -50%

India Mumbai -51.9%

Shanghai -65.2%

Greece -66%

Vietnam -67%

Slovenia -68%

Romania -70%

Lithuania -71%

Serbia -71%

Russia -72%

UAE -72%

Ukraine -73%

Bulgaria -80%

Iceland -94%

Sources - BBC, Bloomberg, SeekingAlpha

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