PARIS, Jan 1: Most of the world's stock exchanges performed well in 2012, Caracas leading the pack with a whopping 295pc increase. Here is a list of the world's main stock market indexes and how they performed in 2012:

EUROPE: Frankfurt: +29.06pc; London (FTSE 100): +5.84pc; Paris: +15.23pc; Zurich: +14.93pc; Milan: +7.84pc; Madrid: 4.66pc; Amsterdam: +9.68pc; Stockholm: +11.83pc; Moscow: +5.39pc; Lisbon: +2.93pc; Dublin: +17.05pc; Brussels: +18.83pc; Copenhagen: +27.24pc; Helsinki: +8.33pc; Oslo: +14.74pc; Vienna: +36.94pc; Athens: +33.43pc; Budapest: +7.06pc; Bucharest: +18.74pc; Istanbul: +53.09pc; Euro Stoxx 50 +13.79pc.

NORTH AMERICA: New York: +7.31 pc; New York: +15.97pc; New York: +13.47 pc; Toronto: +4.30 pc; Mexico: +18.52pc.

SOUTH AMERICA: Sao Paulo: 4.21pc; Buenos Aires: 0.26pc; Santiago: +9.75pc; Caracas: +295.66pc; Lima: +9.66pc.

AFRICA /MIDDLE EAST: Riyadh: +5.98pc; Kuwait: +2.97pc; Dubai: +19.89pc; Bahrain: 6.88pc; Cairo: +50.80pc; Tunis: 3.02pc; Casablanca: 15.18pc; Johannesburg: +22.22pc; Nairobi: +28.62pc;

ASIA: Tokyo: +22.94pc; Hong Kong: +22.91pc; Sydney: +14.60pc; Shanghai: +3.17pc; Taiwan: +8.87pc; Seoul: +9.38pc; Mumbai: +25.65pc; Pakistan +49.5pc; Jakarta: +12.94pc; Bangkok: +35.76pc; Singapore: +19.68pc; Kuala Lumpur: +10.34pc; Manila: +32.95pc; Hanoi: 2.81pc.—AFP