Global equity markets continued to slide last month declining 0.58%, according to Standard & Poor's The World by Numbers monthly report.
The report found emerging markets declined further in June posting a fall of 1.45% for the month, while developed markets fared only slightly better with a decline of 0.47%. The developed markets were led largely by strong performances from Australia (+31.61%), Spain (+3.13%) and Japan (+2.56%) while the Bric countries remained lacklustre, with only China managing an increase of 3.48%. The best performing sectors were healthcare and information technology with 2.63% and 2.14% increase respectively. Energy was the laggard with a 5.62% decline across the month while information techn...
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