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Five of the world's worst-performing stock indexes so far this year Add to ...

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Germany's DAX topped the world's best-performing stock indexes at +25.93% (values as of Oct. 16 at 4:30 p.m. ET). Here, a look at the worst-performing major world indexes and value raised or lost (in U.S. dollars) year-to-date.