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The KOSPI rose 75.63% in 2025, the ASX 200 6.80%

YearHang SengShanghaiKOSPINifty 50ASX 200S&P/TSX
2020-3.40%+13.87%+30.75%+14.90%-1.45%+2.17%
2021-14.08%+4.80%+3.63%+24.12%+13.02%+21.74%
2022-15.46%-15.03%-24.89%+4.33%-5.45%-8.66%
2023-13.82%-3.70%+18.73%+20.03%+7.84%+8.12%
2024+17.67%+12.67%-9.63%+8.80%+7.49%+17.99%
2025+27.77%+18.41%+75.63%+10.51%+6.80%+28.25%

Three consecutive negative years for Hong Kong, and a 2025 that ranged from plus 6.8% in Australia to plus 75.6% in Korea. Sources: index provider year end closes.

Stock indices track the companies of a single country, so national markets drift far apart. In 2025 Korea's KOSPI rose about seventy six percent while Australia's ASX 200 rose under seven. The phrase "the market" means little without a country attached to it.

+75.63%KOSPI in 2025
+6.80%ASX 200 in 2025
33,223.58Hang Seng record close
6,124.04Shanghai's 2007 peak

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