Europe's listed sector closes 5% higher in Q3

European listed real estate stocks, as represented by the GPR 250 Europe Index, closed 5.2% higher in September, bringing the total performance in the third quarter to 5.1%.

Returns in September 2013 for the individual country markets as expressed in euros, with the quarterly performance in brackets, were as follows:

• Israel 8.6% (-0.4%)
• Austria 8.1% (12.4%)
• France 6.6% (3.9%)
• the UK 6.3% (7.1%)
• the Netherlands 5.9% (4.8%)
• Belgium 3.1% (3.1%)
• Germany 1.7% (5.2%)
• Sweden 1.7% (4.7%)
• Finland 1.6% (5.5%)
• Switzerland 0.7% (-0.9%)

The regional performances, recorded by the GPR 250 sub-indices, were:

GPR 250 indices
GPR 250 Global 3.2% (-2.4%)
GPR 250 Africa 5.9% (-8.4%)
GPR 250 Americas 0.8% (-7.2%)
GPR 250 Asia 6.9% (4.1%)
GPR 250 Europe 5.2% (5.1%)
GPR 250 Oceania 3.4% (-1.5%)