SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil was the world's best-performing asset class in 2016, after being the worst in each of the two previous years.
Brent crude (LCOc1) was on track for a gain of around 50 percent, following a 35 percent tumble in 2015.
Copper
In China, an infrastructure and housing boom sparked a months' long rally in materials prices, with iron ore futures surging 170 percent and coking coal more than doubling.
The dollar index (DXY) gained about 4 percent this year, or less than half of its 9.3 percent advance in 2015.
MSCI frontier stocks were down about 2 percent, compared with a 7 percent gain for MSCI developed equities. Shanghai A shares, which rose 4.4 percent in 2015, about dropped 18 percent in 2016.
Asset performance in 2016 vs. 2015
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Commodities
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Developed stocks
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Frontier stocks:
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Stocks by sector:
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Government bonds
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Emerging market currencies vs. dollar
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