African Stock Market Performance

US Dollar-Adjusted Returns

As of April 30, 2012

 

Market Index1-Month Return3-Month Return6-Month Return1-Year Return3-Year Return5-Year ReturnYear to Date Return
Botswana Stock Exchange0.2%0.3%-1.3%-11.5%14.8%-24.7%2.3%
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières-0.1%%11.3%-1.8%-13.1%10.8%10.0%13.0%
Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange0.1%2.1%10.2%6.8%-7.2%9.1%1.0%
Ghana Stock Exchange-6.1%-3.9%-7.9%-26.9%-10.8%N/A-5.3%
Johannesburg Stock Exchange-0.4%3.1%8.2%-9.7%80.2%22.6%12.3%
Lusaka Stock Exchange0.4%-1.3%-2.1%-9.0%93.8%40.0%-8.3%
Nairobi Securities Exchange3.9%18.1%43.4%-8.9%42.7%-12.4%24.7%
Namibian Stock Exchange-1.3%3.8%9.3%8.2%66.4%110.6%10.3%
Nigerian Stock Exchange9.5%12.4%10.9%-7.4%15.9%-49.6%12.5%
Stock Exchange of Mauritius0.1%1.6%-3.2%-14.3%72.0%48.2%-2.5%
Uganda Securities Exchange4.0%16.8%31.4%-20.2%25.3%-17.4%17.7%
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-0.3%0.5%-1.6%-19.1%N/AN/A-3.8%
S&P 500-0.7%6.5%11.5%2.5%60.0%-5.7%11.2%