Barron's - USA (2021-02-15)

February 15, 2021 BARRON’S M23

KEY FOREIGN STOCK MARKET INDEXES

AmsterdamAEX 676.83 +3.61 +52.22 +8.36

AthensGeneral 776.09 +1.50 –32.90 –4.07

BangkokSET 1508.35 +0.78 +59.00 +4.07

BombaySensex 51544 +1.60 +3792.97 +7.94

BrusselsBel-20 3819.93 –0.37 +198.65 +5.49

BuenosAiresMerval 51466 +0.81 +239.72 +0.47

CopenhagenOMX20 1500.99 +1.76 +35.82 +2.44

DublinISEQ 7236.36 –1.71 –139.97 –1.90

EUROSTOXXSXXE 413.28 +0.82 +15.72 +3.95

EUROSTOXX50SXSE 3695.61 +1.09 +142.97 +4.02

FrankfurtDAX 14049 –0.05 +331.11 +2.41

HelsinkiOMHX 11430 +1.71 +558.42 +5.14

HongKongHangSeng 30173 +3.02 +2942.44+10.81

IstanbulIMKB 1538.44 +0.74 +61.72 +4.18

JakartaComposite 6222.52 +1.15 +243.45 +4.07

JohannesburgAllShare 66132 +2.87 +6723.56+11.32

KualaLumpurComposite 1599.42 +1.32 –27.78 –1.71

LISBONPSI 3606.34 –4.10 –193.36 –5.09

LondonFTSE-100 6589.79 +1.55 +129.27 +2.00

MadridIBEX35 8055.00 –1.94 –18.70 –0.23

ManilaComposite 6991.01 –0.40 –148.70 –2.08

MexicoCityIPC 44202 +0.13 +135.64 +0.31

MilanFTSEAllShare 25425 +1.24 +1222.99 +5.05

MoscowRTS 1461.99 +2.11 +74.53 +5.37

OsloComposite 1075.73 –0.42 +28.14 +2.69

ParisCAC 5703.67 +0.78 +152.26 +2.74

SantiagoSelective 3143.54 +3.36 +285.93+10.01

SaoPauloBovespa 119428 –0.67 +411.48 +0.35

SeoulComposite 3100.58 –0.64 +227.11 +7.90

ShanghaiComposite 3655.09 +4.54 +182.02 +5.24

ShenzhenBShareIdx 1129.19 +5.28 +42.47 +3.91

SingaporeFTSESTI 2925.48 +0.63 +81.67 +2.87

StockholmOMXS 820.33 +1.33 +51.95 +6.76

STOXXEurope50SXSP 3211.01 +1.47 +102.71 +3.30

STOXXEurope600SXXP 414.00 +1.09 +14.97 +3.75

SydneyS&P/ASX200 6806.70 –0.49 +219.60 +3.33

TaipelWeighted 15802 +4.39 +1069.87 +7.26

TelAviv125Index 1664.01 +0.81 +95.92 +6.12

TokyoNikkei-225 29520 +2.57 +2075.90 +7.56

TorontoS&P/TSX 18460 +1.79 +1026.85 +5.89

ViennaATX 2962.71 –1.74 +182.27 +6.56

WellingtonS&P/NZX50 12589 –3.56 –502.00 –3.83

ZurichSwiss 10880 +1.16 +176.86 +1.65

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

Americas 438.89 1.61 413.23 25.66 6.21

Brazil 1217.31 — 0.28 256.06 — 0.39 260.65 — 4.58 — 1.76

Canada 570.74 2.00 570.90 2.54 535.57 35.34 6.60

Chile 320.31 3.28 194.28 5.10 179.61 14.67 8.17

Mexico 741.74 0.13 299.64 0.83 299.89 — 0.25 — 0.08

U.S. 41733.23 1.60 41733.23 1.60 39219.62 2513.61 6.41

LatinAmerica 256.15 0.32 258.38 — 2.23 — 0.86

Europe 440.66 1.94 427.18 13.48 3.16

Austria 301.17 — 1.82 302.94 — 1.06 283.22 19.71 6.96

Belgium 339.40 — 1.89 341.39 — 1.13 341.04 0.35 0.10

Denmark 2471.58 1.57 2521.11 2.33 2493.20 27.91 1.12

Finland 1628.07 1.72 1637.63 2.51 1570.81 66.81 4.25

France 425.87 0.64 428.37 1.42 420.20 8.17 1.94

Germany 515.28 0.29 518.31 1.06 503.68 14.64 2.91

Greece 17.99 1.37 19.81 2.15 20.52 — 0.71 — 3.47

Ireland 731.41 — 0.23 735.70 0.54 734.58 1.12 0.15

Italy 231.47 1.58 232.83 2.37 223.18 9.65 4.32

Netherlands 883.31 5.06 888.49 5.87 792.39 96.10 12.13

Norway 649.91 — 0.12 536.87 0.71 515.56 21.31 4.13

Portugal 62.54 — 2.41 68.85 — 1.65 72.32 — 3.47 — 4.80

Russia 2465.70 1.21 264.91 1.97 253.04 11.87 4.69

Spain 364.19 — 1.81 366.32 — 1.05 369.58 — 3.25 — 0.88

Sweden 1614.91 2.08 1369.06 2.97 1292.17 76.89 5.95

Switzerland 640.33 1.13 1047.70 2.13 1038.06 9.64 0.93

United Kingdom 267.56 1.24 245.39 2.15 237.05 8.33 3.52

South Africa 996.80 2.83 334.17 5.17 294.27 39.90 13.56

PacificRegion 303.95 2.60 279.81 24.14 8.63

Australia 493.35 — 0.35 555.13 0.85 532.40 22.73 4.27

China 724.44 4.53 890.39 4.63 755.42 134.98 17.87

Hong Kong 557.14 3.23 557.10 3.22 501.50 55.60 11.09

India 1452.51 2.29 784.27 2.54 722.88 61.38 8.49

Japan 152.01 2.38 180.81 2.86 171.41 9.40 5.48

Malaysia 248.70 1.16 161.03 1.86 163.45 — 2.42 — 1.48

New Zealand 417.73 — 3.62 586.94 — 3.39 620.97 — 34.02 — 5.48

Philippines 358.54 — 0.22 297.75 — 0.16 303.05 — 5.30 — 1.75

Singapore 215.17 3.00 263.18 3.52 236.37 26.81 11.34

South Korea 1202.81 — 0.75 1841.58 0.75 1762.81 78.76 4.47

Taiwan 158.48 0.04 184.87 — 0.03 170.46 14.41 8.45

Thailand 335.54 0.80 540.03 1.51 514.57 25.46 4.95

EuroZone 164.01 1.66 158.66 5.35 3.37

EuropeDeveloped(exU.K.) 591.96 1.88 574.46 17.51 3.05

Europe(Nordic) 1341.94 2.49 1288.10 53.83 4.18

Pacific(ex.Japan) 430.24 2.47 390.05 40.19 10.30

World(exUS) 249.24 2.30 234.84 14.40 6.13

S&PGlobalBroadMarketIndices 339.64 1.91 319.69 19.95 6.24

GLOBALDOW 3695.10 1.96 3488.15 206.95 5.93

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Foreign Markets

CompleteFOREIGNEXCHANGELIST:PageM34 Key Cross Rates $1=€0.8251, ¥104.92, £0.7217

Europe

S&P Europe BMI 1.16%

Netherlands 5.06

Sweden 2.08

Finland 1.72

Italy 1.58

Denmark 1.57

Greece 1.37

U.K. 1.24

Switzerland 1.13

France 0.64

Germany 0.29

-0.12 Norway

-1.81 Spain

-1.89 Belgium

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

Asia

S&P Pan Asia BMI 2.13%

China 4.53

Hong Kong 3.23

Singapore 3.00

Japan 2.38

India 2.29

Malaysia 1.16

Thailand 0.80

Indonesia 0.15

Taiwan 0.04

-0.22 Philippines

-0.35 Australia

-0.75 South Korea

-3.62 New Zealand

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

GLOBALSTOCKMARKETS

InLocalCurrencies InU.S.Dollars^1

Week's Week's

Index %Chg. 2/12 52-wkRange %Chg. 2/12 52-wkRange

TheWorld 1.4 2110.3 2110.3– 1251.5 1.6 2818.8 2818.8– 1602.1

E.A.F.E.^2 1.3 1225.6 1225.6– 842.4 2.1 2227.7 2227.7– 1354.3

Australia –0.4 1337.8 1434.7– 910.3 0.8 926.0 933.1– 467.9

Austria –4.2 513.5 553.1– 273.9 –3.5 1175.7 1233.7– 560.7

Belgium –2.1 932.8 1117.8– 644.9 –1.3 1401.0 1500.5– 867.7

Canada 2.0 2306.8 2306.8– 1430.3 2.6 1963.0 1963.0– 1063.8

Denmark 1.5 12615.0 12615.0– 7757.5 2.3 15417.8 15560.8– 8380.3

Finland 2.2 797.9 811.8– 492.2 2.9 641.4 651.1– 353.7

France 0.6 2074.4 2210.8– 1356.1 1.4 2124.8 2146.3– 1241.8

Germany 0.2 1044.9 1048.0– 639.1 1.0 2368.9 2373.4– 1295.2

Greece –1.2 37.4 60.0– 29.7 –0.5 16.8 24.1– 11.9

HongKong 2.5 18279.3 18334.3– 12302.7 2.4 13092.4 13134.0– 8808.8

Ireland –0.9 256.5 276.9– 152.4 –0.1 237.1 258.9– 125.9

Italy 1.0 744.4 835.4– 490.8 1.8 291.2 291.2– 175.6

Japan 2.5 1185.7 1185.7– 754.2 2.9 4073.0 4076.5– 2503.2

Netherlands 4.8 2422.9 2422.9– 1339.8 5.6 4808.2 4808.2– 2386.2

NewZealand –5.7 183.1 206.0– 150.5 –5.5 200.6 226.8– 129.5

Norway –1.4 2826.7 3015.9– 2130.0 –0.5 2383.7 2437.7– 1377.6

Portugal^3 –1.3 96.6 113.1– 74.0 –0.5 76.7 86.4– 51.9

Singapore 1.5 1551.4 1718.4– 1178.7 2.2 3601.9 3797.2– 2483.6

Spain –1.9 792.0 974.0– 589.8 –1.1 403.8 442.2– 275.0

Sweden 1.7 16329.1 16329.1– 10157.6 2.6 10159.1 10159.1– 5094.4

Switzerland 1.2 1442.4 1511.4– 1105.4 2.2 6947.3 7019.7– 4831.4

U.K. 1.6 1844.2 2127.6– 1428.2 2.5 1064.3 1149.8– 683.9

U.S.A. 1.4 3859.6 3859.6– 2128.1 1.4 3859.6 3859.6– 2128.1

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

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