TURBULENT TRADINGCHANGE IN PRICE OF SELECTED ASSETS IN 2016COMPARING THE CLOSING PRICE ON THE LAST TRADING DAY OF 2015 AND 2016

BEST AND WORST STOCK INDICES IN 2016Year-to-date performance in US dollar terms as of December 28

BEST AND WORST COMMODITIES IN 2016Year-to-date performance in US dollar terms as of December 28

BEST AND WORST CURRENCIES IN 2016By spot returns

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*Exchange rate against the US dollar **Percentage change in local currency

ASSET TYPE Currency Commodity Equity index Bond

Bitcoin

INVESTMENT

ICE Brent crude

Merval 25 (Argentina)

NYMEX WTI crude

ICE sugar

Russian ruble

Comex silver

FTSE 100 (UK)

S&P 500 (US)

MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF

Comex gold

iShares Core UK Gilts UCITS ETF

Euro

Xetra DAX (Germany)

Swedish Krona

CAC 40 (France)

FTSE MIB (Italy)

US dollar index

SSE Shanghai Composite

Japanese yen

British pound sterling

Nikkei 225 (Japan)

Mexican peso

iShares US Treasury Bonds ETF

LIFFE cocoa

CBOT corn

Venezuelan bolívar

Ibex 35 (Spain)

Egyptian pound

Athens Stock Exchange

BestBestBest WorstWorstWorst

+122.9%

+50.9%

+47.6%

+45.4%

+23.3%

+17.3%

+15.1%

+14.4%

+9.5%

+8.8%

+8.7%

+8.2%

+6.9%

+4.9%

+3.6%

+2.4%

+0.4%

-0.5%

-1.9%

-2%

-2.8%

-3.7%

-7.3%

-10.2%

-12.3%

-16.3%

-17%

-23%

-36.8%

-56.8%

+60%+20%+10% +30% +50%+40%0%

+60%+20%+10% +30% +50%+40%0%

BitcoinCME iron ore (62% Fe)Bovespa (Brazil)

Metical (Mozambique)CBOT corn Shanghai Composite (China)

Real (Brazil)LME zincKase (Kazakhstan)

Naira (Nigeria) CME live cattleMSE Top 20 (Mongolia)

Ruble (Russia)NYMEX natural gasS&P/BVL (Peru)

Bolívar (Venezuela)CBOT wheatGSE Composite (Ghana)

Krona (Iceland)NYMEX heat oilRTS (Russia)

Dollar (Suriname)CME feeder cattleEGX 30 (Egypt)

Rand (South Africa)ICE Brent crudeKarachi 100 (Pakistan)

Pound (Egypt)LIFFE cocoaNSE (Nigeria)

+122.9%+101.5%+63.4%

+21.7%+65.1%+60%

+17.3%+59.1%+59.2%

+15.6%+56.9%+50%

+12.9%+50.9%+43.1%

-33.3%-2%-18.6%

-34.5%-12%-22.8%

-36.8%-12.9%-26.2%

-45.6%-21.6%-27.7%

-56.8%-23%-41.4%

-60% -20% -10%-30%-50% -40% 0%

-60% -20% -10%-30%-50% -40% 0%

FTSE 100The UK benchmark index jumped to an all-time high in December, posting its best year since 2013 following a strong performance from its heavyweight mining sector

CRUDE OILOil's recent resurgence should be taken with a pinch of salt after a spectacular tumble to a 12-year low in early-2016 as markets responded to signs of a global glut

GOLDBullion was on track for a stellar 2016 as risk aversion pushed investors towards safe-haven assets, though a strengthening US dollar in the second half of the year pared earlier gains

RUBLERussia's currency was the third best-performing currency in US dollar terms, but is still well below levels reached before Western sanctions were imposed on Moscow in 2014

BITCOINThe cryptocurrency went on a tear in 2016 following two years of lackluster returns as it headed back towards $1,000, a level not seen since late-2013

SSE SHANGHAI COMPOSITEAn early plunge got Chinese stocks off to a rough start in 2016, while Shanghai's benchmark index ended down on the year but still finished 17 per cent above its January low

EGYPTIAN POUNDEgypt devalued its currency and allowed the pound to free float in 2016 as it struggled with its worst economic crisis in decades

MEXICAN PESO The US neighbour's curren-cy sank to an all-time low in November, registering its biggest two-day tumble in more than two decades amid concern about how then-president-elect Donald Trump's policies could impact Mexico's economy

US DOLLAR INDEX After a shaky start to the year, the US currency bounced back to life on hopes that Donald Trump's promises to boost fiscal stimulus would spur economic growth, with the dollar notching its fourth year of gains against a basket of six major currencies

YENThe yen gained for most of 2016 in spite of Japan's negative interest rate policy, but took a plunge against the greenback following the US elections in November

BRITISH POUNDSterling had a rough year on the back of the UK's vote to leave the EU, dropping to a 31-year low against the US dollar amid concerns about a so-called "hard Brexit"

EUROThe Brexit vote and political uncertainty in Italy and France weighed heavily on the single currency during 2016, as it edged closer to parity with the US dollar