France tops MSCI's equity performance tables in March

Japan was worst performing

France had the best performing equity market in March, according to MSCI's monthly index report, but Korea maintained its position as the best performing region year-to-date.

France returned 6.3% during March, followed by Korea and Germany with 5.3% and 4.5% returns respectively. Japan was the worst performing region on a monthly basis, and the only country to produce a negative return of 0.2%. Over the year to the end of March, Korea has returned 16.9%, the highest out of the countries monitored by the MSCI, while China came second with a 12.9% return. MSCI: Asian markets outperform 'expensive' US equities in January Canada has had the lowest returns so far this year with 2.7%, and the UK is not much further up the scale with a return of 5.1%. ...