Monday, March 05, 2007

Stock Market Percentage Drops around the World

If you compare the various stock market indexes around the world, looking at the drop from the high for the last 52 weeks, you will find that the Hong Kong Hang Seng index is off 10.4% form its 52 week high, with the Japan Kikkei 225 stock index in "second place", down 7.9%, and the NASDAQ third on the list, down 7.3% from its high. Surprisingly, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped the least of all the major worldwide stock market indexes, down only 5.8% from its high.

Here is the worldwide stock market index list, showing the drop from the high for the last 52 weeks:

Hang Seng Index Hong Kong -10.4%
Nikkei 225 Index Japan -7.9%
NASDAQ US -7.3%
DAX Frankfurt -7.0%
CAC 40 Paris -6.6%
FTSE 100 London -6.0%
Dow US -5.8%

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