15 Best Performing Stock Markets in 2009 (local currency terms)*
1) Argentina +118%
2) Turkey +103%
3) Brazil +88.4%
4) China (SSEA) +78.5%
5) Singapore +66.4%
6) Thailand + 63.5%
7) Venezuela + 55.8%
8) Hong Kong + 55.8%
9) Mexico + 46.7%
10) Australia + 35.2%
11) Germany + 25.4%
12) France + 24.9%
13) Britain + 24.7%
14) Japan (Nikkei 225) +21.1%
15) U.S. (Dow Jones) +20.5%
Best performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 2009; American Express, whose shares notched up a gain of 118% last year.
*Source: The Economist