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European listed property stocks represented in the GPR 250 Europe Index generated an annual return of 29.5% in 2012 following an 8.3% increase in the final quarter of the year.

In 2012, the European index outperformed the Global and American indices but failed to match the strong increases in Asia and Oceania.

Here is a list of the average monthly returns followed by the annual performance in parantheses.

GPR 250 indices
GPR 250 Global 2.8% (26.6%)
GPR 250 Africa 3.2% (29.7%
GPR 250 Americas 2.3% (17.0%)
GPR 250 Asia 5.6% (47.6%)
GPR 250 Europe 1.2% (29.5%)
GPR 250 Oceania 0.7% (32.5%)

In December, European stocks rose by an average 1.2% although some countries performed significantly better with Poland and Israel rising by 16.1% and 9% respectively over the month.

Here is an overview of how individual European country indices performed in December 2012, followed by the annual return in paranthesis:

Poland 16.1% (16.3%)
Israel 9.0% (40.5%)
Belgium 2.5% (5.6%)
UK 2.4% (34.9%)
Austria 1.6% (34.1%)
Finland 1.4% (21.5%)
Switzerland 1.0% (14.7%)
Sweden 0.7% (17.1%)
France 0.4% (36.6%)
Netherlands 0.0% (8.4%)
Germany -1.1% (40.3%)