Market Summary

This last week was a good one across the board in all the 7 markets followed in the table below. As can be seen oil and gold are the winners in the 12 month performance catagory, while oil and the EFA are the winners in the 3 month catagory. Gold was the only loser in the 3 month catagory. Click on table to enlarge.
Legend: $COMPX = Nasdaq, $DJXOX = 1/10 DJIA, $OIXOX = Oil Sector Index, $RUTOX = Russell 2000 Small Cap Index, $SPXOX = S&P500, EFA = International iShares ETF, GLD = 1/10 price of gold.

I have here a performance chart for the last 12 months for $HSI(China), $AORD(Australia), $TSE(Canada), $DAX(Germany), $SPX (USA), $FTSE (England),and $CAC(France). Click on chart to enlarge.
World markets are all doing well and making breakouts and trending upwards since the middle of March. At least the 7 major world indices I have shown here. As can be seen China’s Hang Seng Index is up the most (+22.04%) and the Canadian S&P/TSX comes in second (+6.84%) in terms of performance for the past 12 months. Click on chart to enlarge.