Monthly Index News

Stocks rose for a fourth consecutive month in May, with the STOXX® Global 1800 Index extending its all-time high, as countries lifted restrictions put in place to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stocks rose for a third straight month in April, with the STOXX® Global 1800 Index breaking an all-time high, as investors became more convinced that a post-pandemic economic recovery will take hold.

Stocks extended gains in March as countries pushed ahead with their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, the US passed a new stimulus package and major central banks indicated they are likely to keep interest rates low even as the economy rebounds.

Stocks climbed in February on continued hopes for a post-lockdown economic recovery. Benchmark indices pared more than half of their advance at the end of the month following a spike in bond yields and inflation expectations.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index lost 1% from a record in December, when measured in dollars and including dividends. The index rose 16.9% last year.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose 4.3% in dollars in December, cementing a second straight year of double-digit percentage gains, as investors raised expectations that policy support and vaccines will help economies overcome the COVID-19-induced slump.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index surged 12.9% in dollars in November, its largest monthly increase since data begins in 2004, as three drugs manufacturers announced their experimental vaccines are widely effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index fell for a second consecutive month in October as governments resumed lockdowns amid a rebounding number of COVID-19 infections.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index fell from a record in September, pulled back by a reversal in this year’s best-performing stocks. The index still managed to post its second consecutive quarterly gain.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose for a fifth straight month in August, climbing to an all-time high and posting its best month of August on record, as investors raised their expectations that an economic recovery will follow the COVID-19 outbreak.

The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose for a fourth straight month during July, even as COVID-19 contagions crept up in many geographies and European stocks faltered.

This Monthly Index News Report includes the recently launched STOXX® Paris-Aligned Benchmark Indices and STOXX® Climate Transition Benchmark Indices.