Overall, 10 of the top 20 markets to have risen the most this year are in Europe, a feat only achieved in 2004, 2015 and 2023 in data going back to the creation of the euro area. While benchmarks in Germany and France are lower on the list at 34 and 53, respectively, they’re still well ahead of the S&P 500, which ranks 63rd in dollar terms among 92 global indexes tracked by Bloomberg.
