25 best-performing stock markets in the world
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Despite a volatile year and a slowing global economy, these stock markets have delivered healthy gains in 2012, according to CNN Money.
Let's take a look at 25 best-performing stock markets in the world.
Source: CNN Money
NOTE: Benchmark index year-to-date performance as of November 14, 2012.
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Image: People walk on Zurich's main shopping street Bahnhofstrasse.
Photographs: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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India
Year-to-date gain: 21 per cent
Global rank: 12
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Image: Shoppers leave a retail store inside a mall in Mumbai.
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Pakistan
Year-to-date gain: 33 per cent
Global rank: 4
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Image: A view of Karachi Stock Exchange.
Photographs: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
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The United States
Year-to-date gain: 6 per cent
Global rank: 36
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Image: The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge is seen from the 90th storey of One World Trade Center in New York.
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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New Zealand
Year-to-date gain: 28 per cent
Global rank: 8
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Image: The Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferry is docked at Wellington Harbour, New Zealand.
Photographs: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters
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Australia
Year-to-date gain: 15 per cent
Global rank: 18
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Image: Shoppers are seen at an outdoor shopping mall in Melbourne.
Photographs: Mick Tsikas/Reuters
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South Korea
Year-to-date gain: 10 per cent
Global rank: 27
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Image: Part of Gangnam area is seen down the Han River in Seoul.
Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
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Taiwan
Year-to-date gain: 11 per cent
Global rank: 25
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Image: The Taipei 101 building is seen before Earth Hour in Taipei.
Photographs: Pichi Chuang/Reuters
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The Philippines
Year-to-date gain: 26 per cent
Global rank: 9
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Image: A dancer performs during the Kalesa Festival in Manila.
Photographs: Darren Whiteside/Reuters
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Thailand
Year-to-date gain: 28 per cent
Global rank: 7
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Image: A skytrain passes over vehicles on the road during rush hour in Bangkok.
Photographs: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters
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Singapore
Year-to-date gain: 13 per cent
Global rank: 23
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Image: The Marina Bay Sands hotel and ArtScience Museum in Singapore.
Photographs: Matthew Lee/Reuters
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Malaysia
Year-to-date gain: 13 per cent
Global rank: 21
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Image: Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
Photographs: Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters
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The United Arab Emirates
Year-to-date gain: 19 per cent
Global rank: 14
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Image: A view of Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Photographs: Jumana El-Heloueh/Reuters
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Saudi Arabia
Year-to-date gain: 6 per cent
Global rank: 34
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Image: The Kingdom Tower in Riyadh.
Photographs: Ali Jarekji/Reuters
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Israel
Year-to-date gain: 6 per cent
Global rank: 35
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Image: A cafe in Tel Aviv.
Photographs: Sharon Perry/Reuters
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Turkey
Year-to-date gain: 43 per cent
Global rank: 3
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Image: A view of Istanbul's financial district.
Photographs: Murad Sezer/Reuters
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Greece
Year-to-date gain: 15 per cent
Global rank: 19
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Image: Tourists sit on a hill overlooking Athens.
Photographs: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
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Hungary
Year-to-date gain: 21 per cent
Global rank: 13
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Image: Boys hold onto a girl as they throw water at her as part of traditional Easter celebrations in Holloko near Budapest.
Photographs: Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
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Austria
Year-to-date gain: 13 per cent
Global rank: 22
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Image: A view of Vienna International Center and UN headquarters in Vienna.
Photographs: Herwig Prammer/Reuters
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Poland
Year-to-date gain: 22 per cent
Global rank: 11
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Image: A view of the Polish Parliament building in Warsaw.
Photographs: Agencja Gazeta/Reuters
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Germany
Year-to-date gain: 14 per cent
Global rank: 20
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Image: Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin.
Photographs: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters
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France
Year-to-date gain: 7 per cent
Global rank: 33
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Image: A view of the Concorde obelisk, Champs Elysees Avenue and the Arc de Triomphe monument in Paris.
Photographs: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
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Switzerland
Year-to-date gain: 11 per cent
Global rank: 26
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Image: A wakeboarder on Lake Leman in Geneva.
Photographs: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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Norway
Year-to-date gain: 7 per cent
Global rank: 31
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Image: Man walks with a child near the marina in downtown Bergen.
Photographs: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters



























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