The Santa Claus Rally - or "The Santa Claus Rally" as it is also known - produced a return of -1.2% for the OMXS30 index last year, compared to 2.3% the year before and 5.2% the year before that. The average for the last ten years is an increase of 0.4%.
Wall Street starts the holiday season on Monday, December 23rd, as Wall Street is open on Boxing Day and New Year's Eve.
OMXS30 index | |
Year-end, 7 trading days | Index development |
2023/2024 | -1,2% |
2022/2023 | 2,3% |
2021/2022 | 5,2% |
2020/2021 | 2,6% |
2019/2020 | -0,2% |
2018/2019 | -3,7% |
2017/2018 | -0,8% |
2016/2017 | 1,0% |
2015/2016 | -2,3% |
2014/2015 | 0,9% |
Average 10 years | 0,4% |
Source: Factset |