March 16, 2020 BARRON’S M27
KEY FOREIGN STOCK MARKET INDEXES
AmsterdamAEX 432.85 –18.53 –171.73–28.40AthensGeneral 551.97 –19.39 –364.70–39.79BangkokSET 1128.91 –17.27 –450.93–28.54BombaySensex 34103 –9.24 –7150.27–17.33BrusselsBel-20 2732.80 –20.44 –1223.03–30.92BuenosAiresMerval 28447 –19.23 –13223–31.73CopenhagenOMX20 971.51 –14.90 –164.28–14.46DublinISEQ 5125.94 –18.20 –2057.47–28.64EUROSTOXXSXXE 283.95 –19.80 –119.99–29.70EUROSTOXX50SXSE 2586.02 –19.99 –1159.13–30.95FrankfurtDAX 9232.08 –20.01 –4016.93–30.32HelsinkiOMHX 7323.16 –20.02 –2551.49–25.84HongKongHangSeng 24032 –8.08 –4156.84–14.75IstanbulIMKB 95605 –12.77 –18819–16.45JakartaComposite 4907.57 –10.75 –1391.97–22.10JohannesburgAllShare 44177 –15.15 –12906–22.61KualaLumpurComposite 1344.75 –9.33 –244.01–15.36LISBONPSI 2673.35 –18.11 –691.90–20.56LondonFTSE-100 5366.11 –16.97 –2176.33–28.85MadridIBEX35 6629.59 –20.85 –2919.61–30.57ManilaComposite 5793.94 –14.42 –2021.32–25.86MexicoCityIPC 38085 –7.98 –5455.97–12.53MilanFTSEAllShare 16286 –27.70 –9342.57–36.45MoscowRTS 991.69 –21.17 –557.23–35.98OsloComposite 730.99 –17.39 –301.25–29.18ParisCAC 4118.36 –19.86 –1859.70–31.11SantiagoSelective 2681.04 –11.02 –654.82–19.63SaoPauloBovespa 82677 –15.63 –32967–28.51SeoulComposite 1771.44 –13.17 –426.23–19.39ShanghaiComposite 2887.43 –4.85 –162.70 –5.33ShenzhenBShareIdx 887.65 –5.83 –73.97 –7.69SingaporeFTSESTI 2634.00 –11.04 –588.84–18.27StockholmOMXS 521.32 –17.15 –159.50–23.43STOXXEurope50SXSP 2495.46 –17.24 –907.57–26.67STOXXEurope600SXXP 299.16 –18.44 –116.68–28.06SydneyS&P/ASX200 5539.30 –10.89 –1144.77–17.13TaipelWeighted 10128 –10.54 –1868.27–15.57TelAviv125Index 1194.69 –19.27 –422.01–26.10TokyoNikkei-225 17431 –15.99 –6225.57–26.32TorontoS&P/TSX 13716 –15.20 –3347.10–19.62ViennaATX 2000.76 –23.51 –1186.18–37.22WellingtonS&P/NZX50 9826.86 –13.99 –1665.04–14.49ZurichSwiss 8367.56 –14.06 –2249.38–21.19MostRecent Week’s Year-to-Date
Close %Chg. Chg. %Chg.MostRecent Week’s Year-to-Date
Close %Chg. Chg. %Chg.Indexesarebasedonlocalcurrencies.Becauseofvariousholidaysandothermarketclosings,themostrecentcloseisnotnecessarily
that of the week of publication.S&PGlobalBroadMarketIndices
S&PGlobal S&PGlobal SPGlobal Point
Indexes, Indexes, Indexes, Chg. %Chg.
Region/ LocalCurr. Wkly U.S.$ Wkly U.S.$on From From
Country 03/12/20 %Chg. 03/12/20 %Chg. 12/31/19 12/31/19 12/31/19Americas 264.48 — 17.88 352.84 — 88.36 — 25.04
Brazil 737.73 — 25.59 170.83 — 29.20 321.59 — 150.76 — 46.88
Canada 379.15 — 22.85 347.40 — 25.32 512.59 — 165.19 — 32.23
Chile 269.26 — 11.83 138.46 — 14.64 197.06 — 58.59 — 29.73
Mexico 610.27 — 11.82 220.84 — 20.64 310.96 — 90.11 — 28.98
U.S. 25042.56 — 17.28 25042.56 — 17.28 33035.38 — 7992.82 — 24.19
LatinAmerica 176.88 — 26.29 304.77 — 127.89 — 41.96
Europe 284.32 — 21.33 408.14 — 123.82 — 30.34
Austria 201.04 — 23.94 184.92 — 25.48 299.44 — 114.52 — 38.25
Belgium 260.56 — 20.64 239.66 — 22.24 368.41 — 128.74 — 34.95
Denmark 1562.11 — 15.68 1451.26 — 17.46 1769.38 — 318.12 — 17.98
Finland 1061.68 — 18.89 976.53 — 20.53 1329.35 — 352.82 — 26.54
France 303.00 — 21.19 278.70 — 22.79 412.89 — 134.19 — 32.50
Germany 338.80 — 20.42 311.62 — 22.04 455.73 — 144.11 — 31.62
Greece 13.17 — 19.38 13.26 — 21.02 23.73 — 10.48 — 44.14
Ireland 510.25 — 18.81 469.32 — 20.45 665.38 — 196.05 — 29.47
Italy 147.93 — 27.76 136.07 — 29.22 217.35 — 81.28 — 37.39
Netherlands 501.55 — 17.37 461.33 — 19.04 624.39 — 163.06 — 26.12
Norway 433.65 — 18.94 298.98 — 26.17 500.64 — 201.66 — 40.28
Portugal 49.86 — 19.91 50.20 — 21.53 68.24 — 18.04 — 26.44
Russia 1676.00 — 17.65 177.81 — 23.81 290.94 — 113.13 — 38.88
Spain 290.22 — 23.58 266.94 — 25.13 399.59 — 132.65 — 33.20
Sweden 983.80 — 17.93 709.97 — 21.76 982.90 — 272.93 — 27.77
Switzerland 489.81 — 14.69 749.29 — 16.13 940.04 — 190.75 — 20.29
United Kingdom 212.55 — 18.72 176.53 — 21.79 267.99 — 91.46 — 34.13
South Africa 717.31 — 13.12 211.54 — 17.81 316.49 — 104.95 — 33.16
PacificRegion 194.15 — 10.87 238.86 — 44.70 — 18.72
Australia 377.13 — 14.77 343.81 — 19.27 485.26 — 141.45 — 29.15
China 442.91 — 7.68 534.66 — 8.02 590.76 — 56.10 — 9.50
Hong Kong 417.39 — 7.14 415.69 — 7.32 477.15 — 61.46 — 12.88
India 909.73 — 12.88 481.53 — 13.41 624.41 — 142.88 — 22.88
Japan 104.28 — 9.96 123.20 — 10.24 155.29 — 32.09 — 20.66
Malaysia 214.09 — 5.46 131.48 — 7.45 156.90 — 25.42 — 16.20
New Zealand 343.50 — 9.36 407.72 — 13.03 494.63 — 86.91 — 17.57
Philippines 291.67 — 15.15 228.84 — 15.51 313.51 — 84.68 — 27.01
Singapore 153.60 — 10.93 178.79 — 12.78 224.34 — 45.55 — 20.30
South Korea 705.63 — 10.29 991.33 — 11.36 1222.99 — 231.66 — 18.94
Taiwan 102.99 — 8.28 111.62 — 8.75 129.43 — 17.81 — 13.76
Thailand 248.02 — 18.89 377.38 — 19.37 567.16 — 189.78 — 33.46
EuroZone 101.24 — 22.75 148.72 — 47.48 — 31.92
EuropeDeveloped(exU.K.) 369.35 — 21.18 520.07 — 150.72 — 28.98
Europe(Nordic) 737.99 — 20.85 1005.63 — 267.64 — 26.61
Pacific(ex.Japan) 265.52 — 11.26 321.74 — 56.22 — 17.47
World(exUS) 159.91 — 16.74 214.75 — 54.85 — 25.54
S&PGlobalBroadMarketIndices 210.21 — 17.03 279.60 — 69.39 — 24.82
GLOBALDOW 2360.35 — 18.14 3251.24 — 890.88 — 27.40s2020S&PDowJonesIndices.AllRightsReserved.Foreign Markets
CompleteFOREIGNEXCHANGELIST:PageM38 Key Cross Rates $1=0.9006, ¥107.98, £0.8141Europe
-19.70% S&P Europe BMI-14.69 Switzerland-15.68 Denmark-17.37 Netherlands-17.93 Sweden-18.72 U.K.-18.89 Finland-18.94 Norway-19.38 Greece-20.42 Germany-20.64 Belgium-21.19 France-23.58 Spain-27.76 Italy
Indexes based on S&P Global Broad Market Indices Source: S&P DJ Indices
Asia
-10.01% S&P Pan Asia BM-5.46 Malaysia-7.14 Hong Kong-7.68 China-8.28 Taiwan-9.36 New Zealand-9.96 Japan-10.29 South Korea-10.93 Singapore-12.88 India-13.11 Indonesia-14.77 Australia-15.15 Philippines-18.89 ThailandIndexes based on S&P Global Broad Market Indices Source: S&P DJ IndicesGLOBALSTOCKMARKETS
InLocalCurrencies InU.S.Dollars^1
Week's Week's
Index %Chg. 3/13 52-wkRange %Chg. 3/13 52-wkRangeTheWorld –11.6 1449.6 1874.3– 1365.4 –12.5 1881.6 2435.0– 1776.5
E.A.F.E.^2 –16.1 884.4 1219.1– 884.4 –18.4 1480.3 2057.7– 1480.3
Australia –10.5 1112.8 1434.7– 1060.4 –17.0 611.5 872.8– 594.6
Austria –22.7 336.9 603.9– 331.0 –24.4 704.6 1286.9– 693.1
Belgium –19.7 703.3 1169.3– 688.1 –21.4 964.9 1602.7– 945.1
Canada –14.7 1737.7 2271.5– 1569.9 –18.1 1343.2 1856.1– 1223.7
Denmark –13.8 8141.0 10485.5– 8065.5 –15.7 9043.4 11367.5– 8970.1
Finland –19.8 519.5 766.4– 519.5 –21.5 381.5 566.6– 381.5
France –19.9 1494.6 2210.8– 1469.7 –21.6 1398.4 2055.9– 1376.6
Germany –20.4 702.6 1048.0– 699.2 –22.1 1454.8 2153.2– 1449.5
Greece –17.6 36.0 62.2– 35.2 –19.4 14.8 25.8– 14.5
HongKong –8.0 14270.1 18576.5– 14270.1 –8.0 10196.3 13153.7– 10196.3
Ireland –20.3 177.0 251.4– 176.5 –22.0 149.4 214.6– 149.1
Italy –23.9 524.9 835.4– 490.8 –25.5 187.5 291.1– 175.6
Japan –14.2 771.2 1053.1– 771.2 –15.7 2595.2 3462.4– 2595.2
Netherlands –16.8 1436.3 2022.8– 1429.2 –18.4 2609.7 3616.3– 2599.5
NewZealand –13.1 161.2 194.0– 142.9 –17.3 148.1 186.9– 148.1
Norway –14.9 2222.5 3077.5– 2150.7 –21.8 1573.5 2582.7– 1506.2
Portugal^3 –19.4 78.9 113.1– 77.5 –21.1 57.2 80.0– 56.3
Singapore –12.0 1394.7 1798.0– 1394.7 –14.5 3027.2 4060.9– 3027.2
Spain –21.1 638.1 974.0– 615.0 –22.8 297.1 442.2– 286.7
Sweden –16.1 10846.9 15073.5– 10656.6 –19.9 5717.5 8070.5– 5604.7
Switzerland –13.9 1134.1 1511.4– 1123.5 –15.4 5104.3 6600.7– 5058.6
U.K. –17.2 1527.5 2211.0– 1492.7 –21.2 789.4 1196.0– 780.1
U.S.A. –9.1 2578.8 3236.7– 2363.7 –9.1 2578.8 3236.7– 2363.7BaseJan.1,1970=100^1 AdjustedforforeignexchangefluctuationsrelativetotheU.S.$.(^2) Europe,Australasia,FarEastIndex. (^3) Base:Jan.1,1988=100.
Source:MorganStanleyCapitalInternationalPerspective,Geneva.
Sick:Covid-19 sank the Stoxx 600 index 18% on
the week. Spain declared a national emergency.
Urgent Care:Circuit breakers tripped. Central
banks bought. South Korea barred short selling.
