Indian market among world's worst performers

The Indian market is the second worst performing, followed by Brazil, among major global markets so far in 2013. 

Both nations' performance in dollar terms is even worse, thanks to a more than 15 per cent slide in their respective currencies against the dollar.

Take a look at the world’s worst performing markets…

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Bovespa (Brazil) 

Index level: 51,429

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -15.6%

In dollar terms: -28.3%

(Data: Bloomberg)

Nifty (India)

Index level: 5,287

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -10.5%

In dollar terms: -24.8%

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Jakarta Composite (Indonesia)

Index level: 3,968

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -8.1%

In dollar terms: -21.7%

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MICEX (Russia)

Index level: 1,374

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -6.9%

In dollar terms:  -14.3%

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SE Thai (Thailand)

Index level: 1,294

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -7.0% 

In dollar terms:  -11.7%

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Kospi (South Korea) 

Index level: 1,886

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -5.6%

In dollar terms:  -10.2%

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FTSE T40 (South Africa) 

Index level: 38668

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: 11%

In dollar terms:  -10.0%

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Straits Times (Singapore) 

Index level: 3,034

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -4.2%

In dollar terms: -9.0%

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PSEi (Philippines)

Index level: 5,920

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: 1.8 %

In dollar terms: -6.3%

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Shanghai Composite (China) 

Index level: 2,103

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: -7.3 %

In dollar terms: -5.6%

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Taiex (Taiwan) 

Index level: 7,820

Performance between January 1 to Aug 27

Local currency: 1.6 %

In dollar terms: -1.7%