date:Jan 03, 2014
The UK's only dedicated online supermarket, Ocado, was rated Europe's best performing major stock in 2013.
Ocado shares ended 2013 at 441.6 pence, a gain of 410% for the year and more than double the 180 pence at which they were sold in a 2010 initial public offering.
That made the online retailer the best performer in the Stoxx 600 Index, Europes benchmark indicator, ahead of Vestas Wind Systems and Thomas Cook Group Plc. It marks a spectacular turnaround as earlier on this year Ocado risked