The Rising 3 markets did well doing the quarter with the big winner being China whereas Russia was more in line with emerging markets in general and India a bit weaker given its important May election. In China, Investors were duly rewarded during the quarter after a...
The MENA region continued to perform strongly lead higher by index heavyweight Saudi Arabia (+13%). The net oil exporting countries showed the strongest performance for the quarter on the back of a strong rebound in the price of Brent (+27%) while peripheral markets...
In the first quarter the Iraqi market, as measured by the Rabee Index, decreased by a whopping 14%. The drop was even more jaw-dropping, considering that world, emerging and frontier indices all gained 10-14% and that the price of Brent rallied 24% over the same...
India posted strong outperformance in March as foreign investors invested over USD 5 bn into Indian equities, the largest monthly buying since early 2017, resulting in the rupee strengthening 2%. Expectations for a potentially stable government changed it all after...
Investors were duly rewarded during the quarter after a sluggish 2018. As investors returned from their Chinese New Year holiday in February, the A-share market’s momentum accelerated and the market was up 15.0% for the month, the largest gain in four years since the...