The followers of local and international capital markets are busy making comparisons about the performance of those markets daily, weekly, or even annually in order to determine what is the best financial market to achieve profits for investors, and according to data collected by VISUAL CAPITALIDT, the result of investing $ 100 in the indicators of the largest global stock exchanges during the 30 years In the past, the US Standard & Poor’s Index is at the forefront in achieving the highest return on investors, close to 1000%.
According to the historical results of the largest global stock exchanges during the past 30 years, the current value of investing 100 dollars in the US Standard & Poor’s index will reach 3168 dollars, with a gain of 901%, followed by the Hang Seng index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with gains of 824%, then the German DAX index with gains of 820%, Then the S & P / TSX index on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada gained 444%.
In fifth place, the French CAC 40 index, and achieved gains of 268%, followed by the FTSE 100 index in the United Kingdom and achieved 238% gains, and finally in the seventh place, the Japanese Nikkei 225 index, and achieved a rise of only 1%.
Global financial markets made huge gains over the past year, adding more than $ 17 trillion to its market value to exceed $ 87 trillion, despite slowing global growth, the contraction of industrial activity in major global economies such as China, Germany, and Japan, and the fierce US attack on the World Trade Organization Globalization, declining exports and disruption of global supply chains due to the outbreak of a fierce trade war between Washington and Beijing.
However, with the outbreak of the outbreak of the newer Cornna virus early this year, global market indicators achieved huge losses during the first quarter, as the Dow Jones Industrial Index and the FTSE Index in London declined the biggest quarterly declines since 1987, after falling by 23% and 25%, respectively. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost 20% in the first quarter, its worst since 2008.
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