Peru

2009 growth: 72.92%
Decline from 52-week high: -31.94%

The Bolsa de Valores de Lima, the stock exchange of Peru has several indices. The IGBVL (Indice General Bolsa de Valores) is a value-weighted index that tracks the performance of the largest and most actively traded stocks on the Lima exchange.

Peru's economy has shown strong growth over the past seven years, averaging 6.8 per cent a year, helped by market-oriented economic reforms and privatisations in the 1990s.

Its GDP grew 9.8 per cent in 2008 to $127.8 billion.

Note: All stock market figures are till May 25, 2009