尽管目前矿业股和能源股是主要股指的重头板块，也于事无补。8月5日摩根·士丹利资本国际全球指数(MSCI world index)中，能源股较五月高峰期下降21%。
It has not helped that miningandenergystocksnow have such big weights in themajorindices; on August5th energy stocks within the MSCI worldindex were 21% below their May high.