st: nested foreach

["Fabian Schönenberger" <sch.f@gmx.ch>]

Dear Statalist
I want to calculate returns for portfolio consisting of stocks. I have several variables [var] indicating to which portfolio a certain company belongs to. These variables have numbers from 1 to 10, 1 to 5 and sometimes a combination of two numbers like 1 11 12 21 and so on. 
In order to automate the calculation I tried the following formula:

foreach var in `varlist' {
levelsof `var',local(levels)
foreach l of local levels {
egen `var'_return_`l'=mean(totalreturn) if `var'==`l', by(date_mt)
bysort date_mt:egen `var'_return_`l'_total=mean(`var'_return_`l')
drop `var'_return_`l'
egen `var'_wtreturn_`l'=wtmean(totalreturn) if `var'==`l', weight(Lmarketcap_total) by(date_mt)
bysort date_mt:egen `var'_wtreturn_`l'_total=mean(`var'_wtreturn_`l')
drop `var'_wtreturn_`l'
}}

However, I only get the first two portfolio returns, and then Stata says: 

program error:  code follows on the same line as close brace
r(198)

Stata should start using the first variable, then do all steps for these variable at each level of the variable, and the continue to the next variable.

How do I have to change the commands? 

Many thanks in advance, 

FS
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