June 30 (Reuters) - European shares ended the first half of the current year
in positive territory, gaining 2.2 percent, against a 20 percent slide in the
Jan.-June period in 2008.
The FTSEurofrst 300 .FTEU3 index of top Euroepean shares hit a lifetime
low on March 9 following the financial crisis, the worst since the Great
Depression of the 1930s, that began with U.S. mortgage defaults in 2007 and
threatened much of the world with a deep and vicious recession.
The index surged 15.9 percent in the Apr.-June period of 2009, the best
quarter since the last three months of 1999 and the first positive quarter since
the market started to melt down in mid-2007.
The benchmark index has jumped 31.7 percent sice the March low, but is still
down 48 percent from a multi-year peak scaled in the middle of 2007.
The index lost 45 percent in 2008 after five straight years of gains. The
basic resources .SXPP and banking .SX7P sectors were among the worst
perfomers last year, both down 65 percent, but the sectors are the best
performers so far this year, up 39.2 percent and 19.5 percent, respectively.
Performance of major European stock indexes (in percent) .
H1 2009 H1 2008 Full 2008 Full 2007
FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 Europe 2.19 -20.26 -44.78 1.56
DJ STOXX 600 .STOXX Europe 4.54 -20.64 -46.00 -0.17
FTSE 100 .FTSE UK -4.17 -12.87 -31.33 3.80
DAX .GDAXI Germany -0.03 -20.44 -40.37 22.29
CAC 40 .FCHI France -2.41 -21.00 -42.68 1.31
FTSE MIB Italy -2.04 -23.88 -49.53 -6.95
SMI .SSMI Switzerland -2.36 -17.99 -34.77 -3.43
IBEX 35 .IBEX Spain 6.44 -20.66 -39.40 7.30
AEX .AEX Netherlands 3.57 -17.42 -52.32 4.12
OMXS30 .OMXS30 Sweden 20.15 -20.69 -38.75 -5.74
OSLO OBX .OBX Norway 27.79 -2.57 -52.82 13.65
PSI 20 .PSI20 Portugal 12.14 -31.61 -51.29 16.27
ATX .ATX Austria 19.87 -12.63 -61.20 1.11
BEL 20 .BFX Belgium 6.41 -23.24 -53.76 -5.95
OMXC20 Denmark 17.35 -8.58 -46.63 5.13
OMXH GEN PI Finland 3.78 -26.05 -53.41 20.50
Athens General .ATG Greece 23.70 -33.58 -65.50 17.86
Irish SE .ISEQ Ireland 15.48 -24.87 -66.21 -26.29
Performance of European sector indexes (in percent):
DJ Stoxx basic resources .SXPP 39.22 7.10 -64.86 28.02
DJ Stoxx bank index .SX7P 19.52 -32.76 -64.76 -16.87
DJ Stoxx retail index .SXRP 15.65 -29.34 -43.83 -1.33
DJ Stoxx financial services .SXFP 13.20 -24.82 -56.19 -12.66
DJ Stoxx technology index .SX8P 11.44 -28.55 -49.76 -1.11
DJ Stoxx auto index .SXAP 7.96 -29.69 -44.67 24.37
DJ Stoxx energy index .SXEP 7.47 -5.06 -40.16 7.39
DJ Stoxx personal and
household goods .SXQP 7.18 -23.82 -42.22 6.26
DJ Stoxx industrial index .SXNP 6.89 -19.28 -47.37 9.38
DJ Stoxx construction .SXOP 4.81 -24.98 -47.58 -1.36
DJ Stoxx food & beverage .SX3P 3.02 -19.63 -30.20 10.89
DJ Stoxx chemical index .SX4P 2.73 -4.55 -37.85 25.47
DJ Stoxx travel and
leisure index .SXTP 0.12 -25.91 -46.56 -16.50
DJ Stoxx media index .SXMP -5.49 -28.98 -40.62 -5.82
DJ Stoxx healthcare index .SXDP -5.70 -12.43 -18.75 -10.94
DJ Stoxx telecom index .SXKP -5.86 -25.83 -36.98 14.58
DJ Stoxx insurance index .SXIP -8.65 -24.57 -46.67 -11.92
DJ Stoxx utility index .SX6P -10.98 -16.42 -38.45 17.95
QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE OF FTSEUROFIRST 300 .FTEU3
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2009 -11.81 PCT 15.91 PCT -- --
2208 -16.23 PCT -4.82 PCT -11.46 PCT -21.78 PCT
2007 2.17 PCT 5.92 PCT -3.39 PCT -2.86 PCT
2006 7.44 PCT -4.15 PCT 6.31 PCT 6.23 PCT
QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE OF DJ STOXX 600 .STOXX
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2009 -10.38 PCT 16.64 PCT -- --
2208 -16.09 PCT -5.42 PCT -11.52 PCT -23.10 PCT
2007 2.45 PCT 5.21 PCT -4.03 PCT -3.50 PCT
2006 7.87 PCT -4.12 PCT 6.48 PCT 6.98 PCT
The best and worst performers on UK's FTSE 100 .FTSE index in H1 2009
TOP 5 GAINERS
Kazakhmys (KAZ.L) 181.6 PCT
Fresnillo (FRES.L) 126.1 PCT
Vedanta Resources (VED.L) 110.6 PCT
Eurasian (ENRC.L) 98.3 PCT
Petrofac (PFC.L) 93.6 PCT
TOP 5 LOSERS
Land Securities Group (LAND.L) -43.5 PCT
British Airways (BAY.L) -30.6 PCT
Wolseley (WOS.L) -27.7 PCT
Legal & General (LGEN.L) -26.1 PCT
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) -25.5 PCT
The best and worst performers on France's CAC .FCHI in H1 2009
TOP 5 GAINERS
Dexia (DEXI.BR) 68.9 PCT
Peugeot (PEUP.PA) 54.1 PCT
BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) 52.9 PCT
Renault (RENA.PA) 41.1 PCT
ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS) 37.6 PCT
TOP 5 LOSERS
Vivendi (VIV.PA) -26.8 PCT
GDF Suez (GSZ.PA) -24.9 PCT
Saint-Gobain (SGOB.PA) -21.9 PCT
Accor (ACCP.PA) -19.5 PCT
France Telecom (FTE.PA) -19.0 PCT
The best and worst performers on Germany's DAX .GDAXI in H1 2009
TOP 5 GAINERS
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) 55.2 PCT
BMW (BMWG.DE) 24.2 PCT
Metro AG (MEOG.DE) 20.0 PCT
Hannover Re (HNRGn.DE) 17.2 PCT
Salzgitter (SZGG.DE) 15.8 PCT
TOP 5 LOSERS
Commerzbank (CBKG.DE) -33.3 PCT
DT Telekom (DTEGn.DE) -21.535 PCT
Deutsche Post (DPWGn.DE) -21.495 PCT
Beiersdorf (BEIG.DE) -19.595 PCT
Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) -19.526 PCT
(For an analysis on Q2 corporate earnings, click on [ID:nLO902547] and
[ID:nLT610963])
(Compiled by Atul Prakash; editing by Simon Jessop)
