The February best performers in the main markets News 4 March 2014 , No hay comentarios February has been considered a traditionally unstable month for the markets. This year winds blow for a positive trend and the main markets performed over 5%. American Nasdaq closed February with 3.696 points, a 7,43% more than in the beginning of the month. In Europe, German DAX was near 9.700 points, exactly 9.692, a 5,5% more, while London FTSE beat the 6.800 points bar, till 6.809, a 5,32% more. T-Advisor compiled the best performers in February in this reference indexes. In Nasdaq, the three more successful were Alexion Pharma, Mylan Laboratories and Facebook. All of them multiplied at least three times the index performance. Perf. Month Perf. YTD Score Volatility VaR week Alexion Pharma 32.92% 33.05% 10 37.7% -7.18% Mylan Laboratories 24.32% 28.04% 10 25.57% -3.42% Facebook 24.16% 25.25% 8.29 43.9% -6.08% In London, the three best companies in February were Kazakhmys, Fresnillo and Weir Group. All of them beat at least four times the index performance. Perf. Month Perf. YTD Score Volatility VaR week Kazakhmys 70.71% 38.71% 8.2 57.76% -13.52% Fresnillo 26.7% 27.63% 8.2 50.91% -13.77% Weir Group 21.72% 20.4% 9.8 27.28% -6.33% In Frankfurt, the best performers were Infineon Technologies, Continental and Lanxess. In this case, this companies only doubled the index performance. Perf. Month Perf. YTD Score Volatility VaR week Infineon Tech 11.37% 5.93% 8.93 26.93% -6.14% Continental 10.7% 10.63% 9.48 23.76% -5.25% Lanxess 9.53% 10.94% 7.93 32.48% -9.08% Chemicals (Alexion, Mylan, Lanxess), commodity producers and linked industries (Kazakhmus, Fresnillo, Weir Group), technology companies (Facebook, Infineon) and the automotive manufacturer Continental dominated as the best performers in February.