Barron's - USA (2021-02-08)

February 8, 2021 BARRON’S M27

Foreign Markets

CompleteFOREIGNEXCHANGELIST:PageM38 Key Cross Rates $1=€0.8299, ¥105.38, £0.7281

GLOBALSTOCKMARKETS

InLocalCurrencies InU.S.Dollars^1

Week's Week's

Index %Chg. 2/05 52-wkRange %Chg. 2/05 52-wkRange

TheWorld 4.4 2081.3 2081.3– 1251.5 4.2 2773.4 2773.4– 1602.1

E.A.F.E.^2 3.5 1209.4 1219.1– 842.4 2.7 2182.2 2215.1– 1354.3

Australia 3.5 1342.7 1434.7– 910.3 3.4 918.3 930.5– 467.9

Austria 5.7 536.1 553.7– 273.9 4.7 1218.0 1233.7– 560.7

Belgium 6.2 952.5 1118.3– 644.9 5.2 1419.7 1508.5– 867.7

Canada 4.6 2260.6 2271.5– 1430.3 4.6 1913.6 1928.1– 1063.8

Denmark 3.8 12426.7 12595.0– 7757.5 2.7 15073.5 15560.8– 8380.3

Finland –0.4 781.1 811.8– 492.2 –1.4 623.1 651.1– 353.7

France 4.8 2061.1 2210.8– 1356.1 3.7 2095.0 2146.3– 1241.8

Germany 4.1 1042.9 1048.0– 639.1 3.1 2346.2 2373.4– 1295.2

Greece 4.4 37.9 60.1– 29.7 3.3 16.9 24.2– 11.9

HongKong 3.2 17840.5 18334.3– 12302.7 3.2 12779.4 13134.0– 8808.8

Ireland 3.7 258.8 276.9– 152.4 2.7 237.3 258.9– 125.9

Italy 7.0 737.3 835.4– 490.8 5.9 286.2 291.1– 175.6

Japan 4.4 1157.3 1157.3– 754.2 3.7 3956.8 3987.7– 2503.2

Netherlands 4.3 2310.9 2323.1– 1339.8 3.2 4551.2 4622.1– 2386.2

NewZealand –2.2 194.1 206.0– 150.5 –2.4 212.2 226.8– 129.5

Norway 2.2 2866.0 3015.9– 2130.0 2.3 2396.5 2437.7– 1377.6

Portugal^3 –1.0 97.8 113.1– 74.0 –2.0 77.1 86.4– 51.9

Singapore 0.1 1529.2 1723.0– 1178.7 –0.5 3524.2 3823.3– 2483.6

Spain 6.1 807.2 974.0– 589.8 5.0 408.4 442.2– 275.0

Sweden 2.5 16063.5 16211.6– 10157.6 1.8 9903.2 10004.1– 5094.4

Switzerland 1.6 1425.5 1511.4– 1105.4 0.3 6798.5 7019.7– 4831.4

U.K. 1.1 1816.0 2149.2– 1428.2 1.0 1038.7 1162.2– 683.9

U.S.A. 4.9 3806.8 3806.8– 2128.1 4.9 3806.8 3806.8– 2128.1

BaseJan.1,1970=100^1 AdjustedforforeignexchangefluctuationsrelativetotheU.S.$.

(^2) Europe,Australasia,FarEastIndex. (^3) Base:Jan.1,1988=100.
Source:MorganStanleyCapitalInternationalPerspective,Geneva.

KEY FOREIGN STOCK MARKET INDEXES

AmsterdamAEX 653.24 +2.53 +28.63 +4.58

AthensGeneral 764.60 +2.02 –44.39 –5.49

BangkokSET 1496.61 +2.02 +47.26 +3.26

BombaySensex 50731 +9.61 +2980.30 +6.24

BrusselsBel-20 3834.14 +5.81 +212.86 +5.88

BuenosAiresMerval 51052 +5.79 –173.76 –0.34

CopenhagenOMX20 1474.98 +3.91 +9.81 +0.67

DublinISEQ 7358.02 +4.41 –18.31 –0.25

EUROSTOXXSXXE 409.92 +4.62 +12.36 +3.11

EUROSTOXX50SXSE 3655.77 +5.01 +103.13 +2.90

FrankfurtDAX 14056 +4.64 +337.94 +2.46

HelsinkiOMHX 11238 +1.27 +366.19 +3.37

HongKongHangSeng 29288 +3.55 +2057.55 +7.56

IstanbulIMKB 1527.17 +3.65 +50.45 +3.42

JakartaComposite 6151.73 +4.94 +172.66 +2.89

JohannesburgAllShare 64289 +2.91 +4880.80 +8.22

KualaLumpurComposite 1578.63 +0.78 –48.57 –2.98

LISBONPSI 3760.67 +0.49 –39.03 –1.03

LondonFTSE-100 6489.33 +1.28 +28.81 +0.45

MadridIBEX35 8214.70 +5.89 +141.00 +1.75

ManilaComposite 7019.18 +6.15 –120.53 –1.69

MexicoCityIPC 44145 +2.70 +78.82 +0.18

MilanFTSEAllShare 24930 +5.95 +727.69 +3.01

MoscowRTS 1431.76 +4.69 +44.30 +3.19

OsloComposite 1080.28 +3.15 +32.69 +3.12

ParisCAC 5659.26 +4.82 +107.85 +1.94

SantiagoSelective 3041.26 +3.75 +183.65 +6.43

SaoPauloBovespa 120240 +4.50 +1223.02 +1.03

SeoulComposite 3120.63 +4.85 +247.16 +8.60

ShanghaiComposite 3496.33 +0.38 +23.26 +0.67

ShenzhenBShareIdx 1072.52 +0.54 –14.20 –1.31

SingaporeFTSESTI 2907.11 +0.16 +63.30 +2.23

StockholmOMXS 809.53 +2.75 +41.15 +5.36

STOXXEurope50SXSP 3164.51 +2.90 +56.21 +1.81

STOXXEurope600SXXP 409.54 +3.46 +10.51 +2.63

SydneyS&P/ASX200 6840.50 +3.53 +253.40 +3.85

TaipelWeighted 15802 +4.39 +1069.87 +7.26

TelAviv125Index 1650.62 +0.18 +82.53 +5.26

TokyoNikkei-225 28779 +4.03 +1335.02 +4.86

TorontoS&P/TSX 18135 +4.61 +702.54 +4.03

ViennaATX 3015.14 +4.41 +234.70 +8.44

WellingtonS&P/NZX50 13053 –0.56 –37.77 –0.29

ZurichSwiss 10755 +1.55 +51.96 +0.49

MostRecent 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 02/05/21 %Chg. 02/05/21 %Chg. 12/31/20 12/31/20 12/31/20

Americas 431.93 5.16 413.23 18.70 4.53

Brazil 1220.77 5.47 257.08 7.30 260.65 — 3.57 — 1.37

Canada 559.54 4.87 556.77 4.88 535.57 21.20 3.96

Chile 310.13 3.78 184.86 3.30 179.61 5.25 2.92

Mexico 740.76 2.83 297.19 3.30 299.89 — 2.70 — 0.90

U.S. 41074.00 5.17 41074.00 5.17 39219.62 1854.38 4.73

LatinAmerica 255.32 6.00 258.38 — 3.06 — 1.18

Europe 432.28 2.55 427.18 5.10 1.19

Austria 306.74 4.22 306.18 3.16 283.22 22.95 8.10

Belgium 345.94 4.03 345.31 2.97 341.04 4.27 1.25

Denmark 2433.30 3.93 2463.66 2.92 2493.20 — 29.54 — 1.18

Finland 1600.52 1.12 1597.57 0.10 1570.81 26.75 1.70

France 423.17 4.87 422.38 3.81 420.20 2.18 0.52

Germany 513.81 4.09 512.86 3.04 503.68 9.18 1.82

Greece 17.75 3.06 19.39 2.01 20.52 — 1.13 — 5.51

Ireland 733.12 3.89 731.76 2.84 734.58 — 2.82 — 0.38

Italy 227.86 6.78 227.44 5.69 223.18 4.26 1.91

Netherlands 840.80 4.89 839.24 3.83 792.39 46.85 5.91

Norway 650.69 3.37 533.07 3.49 515.56 17.52 3.40

Portugal 64.08 — 0.14 70.01 — 1.15 72.32 — 2.31 — 3.20

Russia 2436.31 4.06 259.79 4.94 253.04 6.74 2.67

Spain 370.89 5.87 370.20 4.79 369.58 0.62 0.17

Sweden 1581.99 2.75 1329.58 2.06 1292.17 37.41 2.90

Switzerland 633.17 1.76 1025.87 0.54 1038.06 — 12.19 — 1.17

United Kingdom 264.29 1.76 240.23 1.72 237.05 3.18 1.34

South Africa 969.38 4.22 317.73 5.35 294.27 23.46 7.97

PacificRegion 296.25 4.28 279.81 16.43 5.87

Australia 495.07 3.69 550.45 3.50 532.40 18.06 3.39

China 693.08 5.11 851.02 5.07 755.42 95.60 12.66

Hong Kong 539.69 4.04 539.71 4.06 501.50 38.21 7.62

India 1419.95 7.51 764.82 7.56 722.88 41.93 5.80

Japan 148.48 4.40 175.79 3.64 171.41 4.38 2.55

Malaysia 245.85 1.09 158.09 0.40 163.45 — 5.36 — 3.28

New Zealand 433.40 — 0.66 607.53 — 0.78 620.97 — 13.44 — 2.16

Philippines 359.32 6.19 298.22 6.20 303.05 — 4.83 — 1.59

Singapore 208.90 4.82 254.24 4.39 236.37 17.87 7.56

South Korea 1211.95 4.48 1827.86 4.00 1762.81 65.05 3.69

Taiwan 158.41 4.46 184.92 4.59 170.46 14.45 8.48

Thailand 332.88 1.98 532.00 1.47 514.57 17.43 3.39

EuroZone 161.33 3.54 158.66 2.67 1.68

EuropeDeveloped(exU.K.) 581.05 2.81 574.46 6.60 1.15

Europe(Nordic) 1309.28 2.12 1288.10 21.18 1.64

Pacific(ex.Japan) 419.87 4.62 390.05 29.82 7.65

World(exUS) 243.64 3.65 234.84 8.80 3.75

S&PGlobalBroadMarketIndices 333.29 4.48 319.69 13.60 4.26

GLOBALDOW 3624.23 4.79 3488.15 136.08 3.90

s2021S&PDowJonesIndices.AllRightsReserved.

Europe

S&P Europe BMI 3.61%

Italy 6.78

Spain 5.87

Netherlands 4.89

France 4.87

Germany 4.09

Belgium 4.03

Denmark 3.93

Norway 3.37

Greece 3.06

Sweden 2.75

U.K. 1.76

Switzerland 1.76

Finland 1.12

Indexes based on S&P Global Broad Market Indices Source: S&P DJ Indices

Unity:Former head of Europe’s central bank,

Mario Draghi, will form a government in Italy.

Asia

S&P Pan Asia BMI 4.62%

India 7.51

Philippines 6.19

China 5.11

Singapore 4.82

Indonesia 4.77

South Korea 4.48

Taiwan 4.46

Japan 4.40

Hong Kong 4.04

Australia 3.69

Thailand 1.98

Malaysia 1.09

-0.66 New Zealand

Indexes based on S&P Global Broad Market Indices Source: S&P DJ Indices

Better:Anticipating Covid recovery, Japan added

a reflationist to the Bank of Japan’s board.