Chart of the week: stock exchange winners and losers of 2012 | beyondbrics

If you had $100 at the start of 2012, and took a punt on a few emerging market exchanges, which ones would have made you a fast buck, and which would have reduced you to tears?

Chart of the week takes a look at the 10 top and bottom performers in 2012.

For investors looking at the top 10 stock markets in 2012, there’s little by way of lessons to draw. Stability, euro austerity, political upheaval, elections – all featured in the countries represented. The 10 exchanges are from Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, both north and south. Make of all that what you can.

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