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![Monthly Index News: May 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/usmarketcanthankitsfaangs_intro-e1600863215815-900x350.jpg)
Stocks rose for a fourth consecutive month in May, with the STOXX® Global 1800 Index extending its all-time high, as countries lifted restrictions put in place to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Monthly Index News: April 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/sectorrotationjustonpauseorahintofthenewnormal_intro_small-900x350.jpg)
Stocks rose for a third straight month in April, with the STOXX® Global 1800 Index breaking an all-time high, as investors became more convinced that a post-pandemic economic recovery will take hold.
![Monthly Index News: March 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/vaccines-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks extended gains in March as countries pushed ahead with their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, the US passed a new stimulus package and major central banks indicated they are likely to keep interest rates low even as the economy rebounds.
![Monthly Index News: February 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/aurora-borealis-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks climbed in February on continued hopes for a post-lockdown economic recovery. Benchmark indices pared more than half of their advance at the end of the month following a spike in bond yields and inflation expectations.
![Monthly Index News: January 2021](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/red-brick-wave-absctract-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index lost 1% from a record in December, when measured in dollars and including dividends. The index rose 16.9% last year.
![Monthly Index News: December 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MALASIA-buildings-chart-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose 4.3% in dollars in December, cementing a second straight year of double-digit percentage gains, as investors raised expectations that policy support and vaccines will help economies overcome the COVID-19-induced slump.
![Monthly Index News: November 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bankcreditspreads_intro-e1600865177911-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index surged 12.9% in dollars in November, its largest monthly increase since data begins in 2004, as three drugs manufacturers announced their experimental vaccines are widely effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus.
![Monthly Index News: October 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/blue-chart-volatility-intro-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index fell for a second consecutive month in October as governments resumed lockdowns amid a rebounding number of COVID-19 infections.
![Monthly Index News: August 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-finance-intro-image-3_small-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose for a fifth straight month in August, climbing to an all-time high and posting its best month of August on record, as investors raised their expectations that an economic recovery will follow the COVID-19 outbreak.
![Monthly Index News: July 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/abstract-tech-intro-image-2_small-900x350.jpg)
The STOXX® Global 1800 Index rose for a fourth straight month during July, even as COVID-19 contagions crept up in many geographies and European stocks faltered.
![Monthly Index News: June 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/techstocksseemresistant_intro-e1600865413253-900x350.jpg)
This Monthly Index News Report includes the recently launched STOXX® Paris-Aligned Benchmark Indices and STOXX® Climate Transition Benchmark Indices.
![Monthly Index News: May 2020](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/factorreversalhaltsbutvolatilityremainselevated_intro-e1600865517744-900x350.jpg)
We have expanded our Monthly Index News Report to include the recently launched STOXX® ESG-X Factor Indices.