FACTBOX-MSCI European and Asian returns YTD in 2007
NEW YORK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The following list ranks selected MSCI international equity country indexes in Europe and Asia by performance year-to-date through Dec. 28 in euros and in U.S. dollars. Below the 2007 list are 2006 returns for the same country indexes. 2007 PERFORMANCE MSCI Standard Index YTD EUR YTD USD INDIA 52.92% 70.53% CHINA 44.33% 60.95% INDONESIA 35.21% 50.77% FINLAND 30.79% 45.84% MALAYSIA 26.56% 41.13% THAILAND 26.39% 40.94% PAKISTAN 25.48% 39.93% PHILIPPINES 23.79% 38.04% HONG KONG 20.35% 34.20% GERMANY 19.53% 33.29% KOREA 16.54% 29.95% GREECE 16.02% 29.37% NORWAY 15.47% 28.76% DENMARK 12.03% 24.92% AUSTRALIA 11.96% 24.85% SINGAPORE 9.14% 21.70% PORTUGAL 9.04% 21.59% SPAIN 8.83% 21.36% NETHERLANDS 5.92% 18.12% FRANCE 0.21% 11.74% UNITED KINGDOM -5.70% 5.16% NEW ZEALAND -6.38% 4.40% SWITZERLAND -6.59% 4.16% TAIWAN -6.63% 4.12% ITALY -7.40% 3.26% AUSTRIA -9.13% 1.33% SWEDEN -11.06% -0.82% BELGIUM -14.27% -4.40% JAPAN -16.23% -6.59% IRELAND -29.43% -21.30% 2006 PERFORMANCE MSCI Standard Index YTD EUR YTD USD CHINA .MSCICN 59.33% 78.12% INDONESIA .MSCIID 51.72% 69.61% PHILIPPINES .MSCIPH 39.00% 55.39% INDIA .MSCIIN 33.24% 48.95% SPAIN .MSCIES 29.56% 44.83% IRELAND .MSCIIE 28.68% 43.86% PORTUGAL .MSCIPT 28.30% 43.43% SINGAPORE .MSCISG 26.94% 41.91% NORWAY .MSCINO 26.62% 41.56% SWEDEN .MSCISE 25.67% 40.49% DENMARK .MSCIDK 22.40% 36.84% AUSTRIA .MSCIAT 20.54% 34.75% BELGIUM .MSCIBE 19.21% 33.26% MALAYSIA .MSCIMY 19.06% 33.11% GERMANY .MSCIDE 19.00% 33.03% FRANCE .MSCIFR 17.79% 31.68% GREECE .MSCIGR 17.72% 31.60% NETHERLANDS .MSCINL 14.70% 28.23% ITALY .MSCIIT 14.55% 28.06% FINLAND .MSCIFI 13.73% 27.15% AUSTRALIA .MSCIAU 13.69% 27.09% HONG KONG .MSCIHK 12.95% 26.27% UNITED KINGDOM .MSCIGB 12.89% 26.20% SWITZERLAND .MSCICH 12.59% 25.86% TAIWAN .TAMSCI 4.03% 16.30% KOREA .MSCIKR -0.53% 11.20% NEW ZEALAND .MSCINZ -1.59% 10.02% THAILAND .MSCITH -4.50% 6.76% JAPAN .MSCIJP -6.00% 5.09% PAKISTAN .MSCIPK -12.03% -1.65% SOURCE: MSCI Barra
