Market Snapshot
  • U.S.
  • Europe
  • Asia
Ticker Volume Price Price Delta
DJIA 15,307.20 -80.41 -0.52%
S&P 500 1,655.35 -13.81 -0.83%
Nasdaq 3,463.30 -38.82 -1.11%
Ticker Volume Price Price Delta
STOXX 50 2,835.01 +13.36 0.47%
FTSE 100 6,840.27 +36.40 0.53%
DAX 8,530.89 +58.69 0.69%
Ticker Volume Price Price Delta
Nikkei 15,627.30 +246.24 1.60%
Hang Seng 23,261.10 -105.29 -0.45%
S&P/ASX 200 5,165.37 -14.69 -0.28%

Best and Worst Investments of 2012

By Ben Steverman - 2012-12-12T21:04:13Z

Photograph by Paulo Fridman/Bloomberg

Company Symbol % Change
11 of 18

Worst Commodity

Coffee

-33%

"Abundant supply is the driving force in the market," Claudio Oliveira, head of trading at Castlestone Management, told Bloomberg News. For example, Brazil, the largest coffee grower, has almost doubled its output in the past decade, producing another record crop this year.

Universe and criteria: 18 global commodities tracked by Bloomberg. The coffee "C" contract, the world benchmark for Arabica coffee, trades on the IntercontinentalExchange.

Advertisement