The European debts will eventually overcame the hope that the beginning of 2010 augurs well for the CAC 40. So much so that with the exception of January and April, the index in Paris has never got beyond the symbolic 4,000 mark. In the end, the CAC 40 lost more than 3%. Other European exchanges have also been hard hit by the crisis in Europe: Madrid lost 17.43%, 13.23% dropped Milan, Lisbon dropped 11.79% and Ireland has dropped by nearly 7% .
But the country that has suffered most, and it is the least we can say is that Greece has fallen by over 40%. Major European stock markets only, and it's not a surprise, Frankfurt and London have performed well with the respective performance of 16.06% and +9.2%.Note the resistance of Belgium (+ 2.67%), which could also be contaminated by the financial problems of "peripheral" countries.
Stockholm, best European performance
The most powerful place in Europe this year is Stockholm, with an increase of 19.47%. Sweden outside the eurozone, it has escaped investors' doubts about the public debt of European countries most vulnerable, that have spread to all countries in the euro area.
Outside Europe, the year 2010 will have spent the rise of Russia (+ 22.54%) and the advent of Turkey (+ 25.32%) and South Africa (+ 16.09% ).
Despite sluggish growth and unemployment still high, the U.S. exchanges were pretty well worn. The Dow Jones gained more than 10%, the S & P 500, about 13% and the Nasdaq nearly 20%.
In Asia, the record is mixed: the Nikkei has lost 3%, Shanghai, over 11%, while Hong Kong rose more than 5%.
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