Foreign Stock Markets

Stock index trends in native currencies and in dollars adjusted for currency fluctuations. The dollar-adjusted returns are what U.S. investors would realize.

Last week Year to date Market Native In dollars Native In dollars Australia +2.4% +2.6% +26.5% +28.9% Austria +3.5 +3.9 +5.7 -8.9 Belgium +0.8 +1.2 +11.2 -3.7 Britain +0.8 +1.5 +24.9 +9.7 Canada -1.1 -1.0 +6.8 +8.7 France -0.4 +0.0 +21.9 +5.3 Germany -0.3 +0.1 +14.1 -1.6 Hong Kong -0.8 -0.8 +33.7 +34.5 Italy -0.7 -0.3 +5.0 -8.5 Japan +1.3 +1.8 +1.8 +1.5 Netherlands +0.7 +1.1 +20.9 +4.4 Singapore/Malaysia +0.2 +0.4 +11.4 +12.8 Spain +0.3 +0.6 +24.0 +9.4 Sweden -3.2 -3.1 +29.6 +15.9 Switzerland -0.7 -0.8 +25.9 +5.4 United States -1.9% +17.9%

Source: Morgan Stanley Capital International