Even though year has a few days left, the Shanghai Composite ($SSEC) is one of the top performing indices in 2009. The Perfchart below compares the performance of this Chinese index against six other major indices. The Australian All Ords Index ($AORD) is a distant second and the S&P 500 is in third place. Perhaps Australia's proximity to China helped its performance.
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