Global stocks struggled last week as Wall Street ended its worst month since March 2020. The MSCI World Index fell about 2.4% for the whole of last week, as Friday capped a month. and negative quarters for all major Wall Street averages. Treasury yields also eased slightly again after a volatile week. Yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.814% on Friday – surging to a near 14-year high before seeing its steepest interday drop since 2020 in trading. on Wednesday. Yields and prices move in opposite directions. The yield on the policy-sensitive 2-year Treasury note fell above 4.2% on Friday. The volatility seems to be good for one of the best-performing global stocks of the last week, the gold producer. It’s New York-listed Canadian gold miner Kinross Gold Corporation, which is up more than 15% from last week. “Gold recorded its best week since mid-August as Treasury yields continued to fall. Rising geopolitical risks also prompted some safe-haven buying,” ANZ Research said. in a note Monday morning. Analysts covering the stock were bullish on it, with 65% rating it buy, according to FactSet. They also have a price target of $7.82 – or around 50% upside. Last week’s top performers were two pharmaceutical stocks based on the excellent results of their Alzheimer’s drug trial. Biotech company Biogen and Japanese partner Eisai say their experimental Alzheimer’s drug significantly slowed disease progression in one study, reducing cognitive and functional decline by 27%. power. Both stocks are up more than 30% each. Three analysts upgraded Biogen following the announcement. These are the 12 best-performing stocks in the MSCI World Index that have gained more than 10% in the last week to the close of September 30.