Market Review (cross product)

Global Markets Best Performers Review -12 Dec

---Indices---
Week's best: Dublin's ISEQ +3.3%
Month's (so far) best: Tokyo's NIKKEI -2.8% (negative)
Year's (so far) best: Frankfurt's DAX +17.6%

---Commodities---
Week's best: Copper +2.6%
Month's (so far) best: Gold +0.6%
Year's (so far) best: Palladium +87.5%

---FX pairs (base currencies EUR/USD/GBP)---
Week's best: GBP/JPY +1.5%
Month's (so far) best: USD/AUD +2.2%
Year's (so far) best: GBP/USD -0.8% (negative)

---Fixed Income yields on 10 year Gov. Bonds---
Week's biggest increase: US +9.3%
Month's (so far) biggest increase: Ireland +13.6%
Year's (so far) biggest increase: Greece +103.4%