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The best and worst funds of the first half

1 Jul 16

While gold funds were the out and out winners of the first half of the year, the worst performers were much more of a mixed bag.

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Biotechnology funds also struggled in the first half, after having a rather good time of things over three years.

AXA Framlington Biotech and Pictet Biotech, in fifth and sixth place respectively fell 18.22% and 18.2%, while Candriam Equities L Biotechnology did marginally better, down 17.85%.

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