Emerging-market stocks record worst fall in Q1 since 2008

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Source: Bloomberg
Emerging-market shares gained to its highest level in two weeks on Friday, however it recorded the worst first quarter of a year since 2008 as equities in technological sector advanced and amid speculations that South Korea will take steps to aid the country's property market. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index grew 0.2% to 1,034.15 and it dropped 2% in the Q1.

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