UK falls behind

By Jenne Mannion The FTSE one of the worst performing developed stock markets during the 1990s. Between 1 January 1990 and 21 December 1999 the FTSE 100 rose some 177% in dollar terms. In comparison the Dow Jones Index in the US rose by 307% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng increased by 475%, and Japan's Nikkei 225 fell by 33%. Over the same period the Euroland's Datastream Market index rose by 160% in dollar terms while the Datastream World Market index grew 133%. The results, from Primark Datastream Equity Markets Survey, revealed that the best and worst performing equity indices during the...