Econintersect: The thirty global stock indexes monitored by GEI continued to rally from the sell-off early in March which was punctuated by Libyan rebllion and the Japanese earthquake / tsunami tragedy. The political and geologically produced problems remain but the markets have decided these events will not be a problem for stocks. This week only Shanghai did not register an advance, missing by a fraction of one percent. Nearly half (14) of the market indices gained more than 2% for the week ending April 1, 2011. Complete results ranked for the week and year-to-date follow:
Sources: Yahoo Finance and GEI News here, here and here