March 16, 2020 BARRON’S M27
KEY FOREIGN STOCK MARKET INDEXES
AmsterdamAEX 432.85 –18.53 –171.73–28.40
AthensGeneral 551.97 –19.39 –364.70–39.79
BangkokSET 1128.91 –17.27 –450.93–28.54
BombaySensex 34103 –9.24 –7150.27–17.33
BrusselsBel-20 2732.80 –20.44 –1223.03–30.92
BuenosAiresMerval 28447 –19.23 –13223–31.73
CopenhagenOMX20 971.51 –14.90 –164.28–14.46
DublinISEQ 5125.94 –18.20 –2057.47–28.64
EUROSTOXXSXXE 283.95 –19.80 –119.99–29.70
EUROSTOXX50SXSE 2586.02 –19.99 –1159.13–30.95
FrankfurtDAX 9232.08 –20.01 –4016.93–30.32
HelsinkiOMHX 7323.16 –20.02 –2551.49–25.84
HongKongHangSeng 24032 –8.08 –4156.84–14.75
IstanbulIMKB 95605 –12.77 –18819–16.45
JakartaComposite 4907.57 –10.75 –1391.97–22.10
JohannesburgAllShare 44177 –15.15 –12906–22.61
KualaLumpurComposite 1344.75 –9.33 –244.01–15.36
LISBONPSI 2673.35 –18.11 –691.90–20.56
LondonFTSE-100 5366.11 –16.97 –2176.33–28.85
MadridIBEX35 6629.59 –20.85 –2919.61–30.57
ManilaComposite 5793.94 –14.42 –2021.32–25.86
MexicoCityIPC 38085 –7.98 –5455.97–12.53
MilanFTSEAllShare 16286 –27.70 –9342.57–36.45
MoscowRTS 991.69 –21.17 –557.23–35.98
OsloComposite 730.99 –17.39 –301.25–29.18
ParisCAC 4118.36 –19.86 –1859.70–31.11
SantiagoSelective 2681.04 –11.02 –654.82–19.63
SaoPauloBovespa 82677 –15.63 –32967–28.51
SeoulComposite 1771.44 –13.17 –426.23–19.39
ShanghaiComposite 2887.43 –4.85 –162.70 –5.33
ShenzhenBShareIdx 887.65 –5.83 –73.97 –7.69
SingaporeFTSESTI 2634.00 –11.04 –588.84–18.27
StockholmOMXS 521.32 –17.15 –159.50–23.43
STOXXEurope50SXSP 2495.46 –17.24 –907.57–26.67
STOXXEurope600SXXP 299.16 –18.44 –116.68–28.06
SydneyS&P/ASX200 5539.30 –10.89 –1144.77–17.13
TaipelWeighted 10128 –10.54 –1868.27–15.57
TelAviv125Index 1194.69 –19.27 –422.01–26.10
TokyoNikkei-225 17431 –15.99 –6225.57–26.32
TorontoS&P/TSX 13716 –15.20 –3347.10–19.62
ViennaATX 2000.76 –23.51 –1186.18–37.22
WellingtonS&P/NZX50 9826.86 –13.99 –1665.04–14.49
ZurichSwiss 8367.56 –14.06 –2249.38–21.19
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 03/12/20 %Chg. 03/12/20 %Chg. 12/31/19 12/31/19 12/31/19
Americas 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 — 27.40
s2020S&PDowJonesIndices.AllRightsReserved.
Foreign Markets
CompleteFOREIGNEXCHANGELIST:PageM38 Key Cross Rates $1=0.9006, ¥107.98, £0.8141
Europe
-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 Thailand
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. 3/13 52-wkRange %Chg. 3/13 52-wkRange
TheWorld –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– 2363.7
BaseJan.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.