Country Market Performance Since the March 9 Low 3 comments

by: Bespoke Investment Group April 17, 2009 | about stocks: ACWI / EEM / EFA

The MSCI World index bottomed on March 9th just as the S&P 500 did. Below is a table highlighting stock market performance for 83 countries around the world since March 9th and year to date. As shown, Ukraine is up the most since March 9th with a gain of 67%. Ukraine is followed by Puerto Rico, Romania, Peru, and Russia. Even after rallying 52.7% since March 9th, Puerto Rico is still down 34% year to date. Ten countries are actually down since March 9th, with Bermuda falling the most at 22%.

Of the BRIC countries, Russia has done the best since March 9th, followed by India (34%), Brazil (24%), and then China (19.6%). Italy has been the best performing G-7 country with a gain of 37.7%. The US ranks second in the G-7, followed by Germany, Japan, and Canada. The UK has been the worst performing G-7 country since March 9th with a gain of 14%.

Year to date, Peru ranks first with a gain of 45.47%, followed by China, Pakistan, and Taiwan. Bermuda, Costa Rica, and Nigeria are down the most year to date.