The Distressed Securities Index was once again the strongest performer among the HFRX Hedge Fund Indices in the week ended 12 January 2004, recording a gain of 0.88% over the week. copyright hedgeweek 2004
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It was followed by the Convertible Arbitrage Index, which returned 0.83% over the week. The worst performer was the Relative Value Arbitrage Index, which returned -0.16% over the week, followed by the Event Driven Index, which returned 0.08% over the week.
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HFRX Hedge Fund Indices Performance 5 – 12 January:
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HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index       0.41%
HFRX Convertible Arbitrage Index     0.83%
HFRX Distressed Securities Index    0.88%
HFRX Equity Hedge Index                0,61%
HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index   0.39%
HFRX Event Driven Index                  0.08%
HFRX Macro Index                           0.44%
HFRX Merger Arbitrage Index           0.38%
Relative Value Arbitrage Index          -0.16%
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