ISTANBUL
Turkey's sole stock exchange 'Borsa Istanbul' became the best performing stock market across the world during March 2014, garnering a profit of 11.5 percent for investors compared to a month earlier.
According to the World Federation of Exchanges data, the exchange rose to 69,736.34 points in March.
Borsa Istanbul is followed by Colombia SE (+10.4 percent), Dubai Financial Market (+7.8 per cent), which rose to 1,083.07 and 4,551 points respectively.
The worst performing stock market of March was the exchange of the Greek Cypriot administration in Southern Cyprus, which decreased to 118.37 points, losing 15.3 percent compared to February.
Cyprus SE is followed by Lima SE (-7.4 per cent) and Malta SE (-5.6) in the worst performing stock markets list of the month.
59 stock markets closed March by generating profits, while 23 others caused losses for their investors.
The performances of all stock markets during March is as follows:
American stock markets |
Index name |
January |
February |
March |
Difference from previous month (%) |
Bermuda SE |
BSX Index |
1255.66 |
1419.9 |
1389.16 |
-2.2 |
BM&FBOVESPA |
Ibovespa |
47638.99 |
47094.4 |
50414 |
7 |
Buenos Aires SE |
Composite |
309834 |
285091.11 |
304237.6 |
6.7 |
Colombia SE |
COLEQTY |
940.46 |
981.26 |
1083.07 |
10.4 |
Lima SE |
Indice General BVL (IGBVL) |
15452.05 |
15441.26 |
14298.92 |
-7.4 |
Mexican Exchange |
IPC CompMx |
331.88 |
315.33 |
329.25 |
4.4 |
NASDAQ OMX |
Composite |
4103.88 |
4308.12 |
4198.99 |
-2.5 |
NYSE Euronext (US) |
Composite |
9967.65 |
10425.86 |
10527.77 |
1 |
Santiago SE |
IGPA |
17123.06 |
18342.81 |
18552.57 |
1.1 |
TMX Group |
S&P/TSX Composite |
13694.94 |
14209.59 |
14260.72 |
0.4 |
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Asia-Pacific stock markets |
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Australian SE |
All Ordinary Price |
5205.1 |
5415.45 |
5402.99 |
-0.2 |
BSE India |
BSE 500 |
7499.02 |
7709.75 |
8295.26 |
7.6 |
Bursa Malaysia |
FBM Emas Index |
12456.34 |
12669.51 |
12797.64 |
1 |
Colombo SE |
CSE All Share |
6248.08 |
5940.31 |
5968.31 |
0.5 |
GreTai Securities Market |
GTSM Index |
128.66 |
141.13 |
144.5 |
2.4 |
Hong Kong Exchanges |
S&P/HKEX LargeCap Index |
26610.7 |
27738.66 |
26777.04 |
-3.5 |
Indonesia SE |
JSX Composite Index |
4418.76 |
4620.22 |
4768.28 |
3.2 |
Japan Exchange Group - Tokyo |
TOPIX |
1220.64 |
1211.66 |
1202.89 |
-0.7 |
Korea Exchange |
KOSPI |
1941.15 |
1979.99 |
1985.61 |
0.3 |
National Stock Exchange India |
S&P CNX 500 |
4709.15 |
4849.5 |
5224.85 |
7.7 |
New Zealand Exchange |
Gross Index |
5258.4 |
5342.87 |
5492.67 |
2.8 |
Philippine SE |
PSE Index (PSEi) |
6041.19 |
6424.99 |
6428.71 |
0.1 |
Shanghai SE |
SSE Composite Index |
2033.08 |
2056.3 |
2033.31 |
-1.1 |
Shenzhen SE |
SZSE Composite Index |
1081.27 |
1090.87 |
1039.88 |
-4.7 |
Singapore Exchange |
Straits Times Index |
3027.22 |
3110.78 |
3188.62 |
2.5 |
Taiwan SE Corp. |
TAIEX |
8462.57 |
8639.58 |
8849.28 |
2.4 |
The Stock Exchange of Thailand |
SET Index |
1274.28 |
1325.33 |
1376.26 |
3.8 |
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Europe – Africa - Middle East stock markets |
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Abu Dhabi SE |
ADI |
4673.07 |
4958.66 |
4894.42 |
-1.3 |
Amman SE |
ASE Index |
2206.96 |
2178.2 |
2148.9 |
-1.3 |
BME Spanish Exchanges Barcelona |
BCN Global - 100 Index |
821.32 |
842.17 |
865.81 |
2.8 |
BME Spanish Exchanges Bilbao |
Indice Bolsa Bilbao 2000 |
1658.57 |
1681.01 |
1726.63 |
2.7 |
BME Spanish Exchanges Valencia |
IGBV Index |
1158.25 |
1181.39 |
1213.47 |
2.7 |
Borsa Istanbul |
ISE 100 Index |
61858.21 |
62553.32 |
69736.34 |
11.5 |
Borsa Italiana |
FTSE Italia MIB Storico |
16278 |
17198 |
18232 |
6 |
Budapest SE |
BUMIX |
1403.88 |
1551.86 |
1519.78 |
-2.1 |
Casablanca SE |
MASI Float |
9121.28 |
9442.36 |
9519.21 |
0.8 |
Cyprus SE |
CSE General Index |
104.83 |
139.79 |
118.37 |
-15.3 |
Deutsche Börse |
CDAX Price |
455.15 |
474.14 |
467.04 |
-1.5 |
Dubai Financial Market |
DFMGI |
3770.38 |
4220.4 |
4551 |
7.8 |
Egyptian Exchange |
EGX 30 Index |
7405.25 |
8127.44 |
7805.03 |
-4 |
Irish SE |
ISEQ Overall |
4652.3 |
5195.97 |
4995.39 |
-3.9 |
Johannesburg SE |
FTSE/JSE All Share |
45132.1 |
47328.92 |
47770.92 |
0.9 |
Luxembourg SE |
Lux General Price |
901.49 |
907.65 |
911.41 |
0.4 |
Malta SE |
MSE Share Index |
3703.62 |
3627.87 |
3424.02 |
-5.6 |
Mauritius SE |
SEMDEX |
2086.62 |
2079.22 |
2092.4 |
0.6 |
Muscat Securities Market |
msm30 |
7087.32 |
7113.87 |
6856.89 |
-3.6 |
NASDAQ OMX Nordic Copenhagen |
OMXC |
540.5 |
594.58 |
582.73 |
-2 |
NASDAQ OMX Nordic Helsinki |
OMXH |
7030.6 |
7526.27 |
7351.47 |
-2.3 |
NASDAQ OMX Nordic Iceland |
OMXIPI |
881.8 |
856.22 |
823.29 |
-3.8 |
NASDAQ OMX Nordic Stockholm |
OMXS |
416.72 |
442.17 |
440.3 |
-0.4 |
NYSE Euronext Amsterdam |
AAX |
590.21 |
611.02 |
618.5 |
1.2 |
NYSE Euronext Brussels |
General Price |
10298.65 |
11130.18 |
11195.35 |
0.6 |
NYSE Euronext Lisbon |
BVL General |
2764.72 |
2983.87 |
3099.58 |
3.9 |
NYSE Euronext Paris |
SBF 250 |
3178.89 |
3371.46 |
3373.1 |
0 |
Oslo Børs |
OSEBXPR |
299.99 |
310.95 |
314.1 |
1 |
Saudi Stock Exchange - Tadawul |
TASI |
8760.62 |
9106.55 |
9473.71 |
4 |
SIX Swiss Exchange |
SMI |
8191.33 |
8475.33 |
8453.82 |
-0.3 |
Tel Aviv SE |
General |
1026.89 |
1077.64 |
1107.86 |
2.8 |
Wiener Börse |
SE Price Index |
981.21 |
989.24 |
967.88 |
-2.2 |
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