EU's FDI stocks up by 40% between 2009 and 2012. - At the end of 2012, the European Union held foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks of €5,207 billion in the rest of the world, while stocks held by the rest of the world in the EU27 amounted to €3,947 billion, according to the latest report from the statistical office of the EU, Eurostat. The EU27 therefore continues to be a net investor in the rest of the world. Both stocks held by the EU27 and those held by the rest of the world in the...