| After suffering one of their worst performances in years during 2015, emerging markets are rebounding in 2016. Using the MSCI Emerging Markets index as a benchmark, emerging markets gained nearly 9 percent in the last three months, rising high enough to wipe out a shaky start to the year. Year-to-date, the index is up about 1.58 percent – a huge improvement after last year's 21.6 percent drop.
Revived commodity markets, particularly stronger crude oil values, are helping emerging markets overall heal, market watchers say. Higher commodity prices are an important factor for emerging countries as many of them produce and export natural resources. Much of 2015's weakness in emerging markets came on the back of disintegrating commodity prices...............................................Full Article: Source |