The
MSCI world index gained 3 percent in the second quarter, led by 3.8 percent gain in S&P500 and 3.6 percent gain in Eurostoxx 50, it said.
The ROBO Global Robotics & Automation Index returned 3.4% in the second quarter, extending its gains to more than 22% year to date, compared with 16% for the
MSCI World Index.
The
MSCI World index, which tracks a broad group of global stocks, is on track for its best firsthalf performance in 22 years.
It overtook the returns registered by
MSCI World Index - comprised of large and mid-cap equities of 23 developed markets such as United States of America, United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore - by 0.94% (year-to-date)to 2.58% (two-years) as of the first quarter of 2019.
The stock market rout was global as well, as the
MSCI World index declined 6.1 per cent on month-on-month, and all major global indices declined during May.
He said all the major global stock market indices were down in US dollar terms last year with S&P 500 index, Dow Jones Industrial Average,
MSCI world index and MSCI emerging market index were down between six and 18 per cent in 2018.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 index posted a six per cent decline, while the
MSCI world index and MSCI emerging market index fell 11 per cent and 18 per cent, respectively.
The
MSCI World Index has scaled to a two-month high having gained 13% from the near two-year nadir that was seen in late December.
On the other hand,
MSCI World index ended the month on a positive note, registering 1% gain for the month.
Pax Ellevate Management LLC, investment adviser to the Pax Ellevate Global Women's Leadership Fund, has announced that the fund outperformed its benchmark, the
MSCI World Index, for the one-year and three-year periods ending June 30,2018.
In euro terms, the MSCI Emerging Markets index is down only 5% year-to-date, while the
MSCI World index is up 3.5%.