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This paper applies a visualized network approach to analyse the degree of integration or comovement among global equity markets. We utilize daily prices of stock market indices of 57 countries from January 1997 to August 2012 to establish both a minimum spanning tree network and graph network. We examine network features including connectivity and centrality through a variety of indicators. Our results...