Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the May 13, 2010
/IRBIS, May 14, 2010/ - As a result of trading May 13, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was:
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Trend (in %) for
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May 13, 2010 a day* a month beginning
of 2010
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Dow Jones 10,782.95 -1.05 -2.15 +1.88 13,727.03
S&P 500 1,157.44 -1.21 -3.33 +2.16 1,565.16
DAX 6,251.97 +1.11 +0.34 +3.37 8,136.16
NASDAQ 2,394.36 -1.26 -2.90 +3.72 5,048.62
FTSE 100 5,433.73 +0.93 -5.69 -1.21 8,105.69
CAC 40 3,731.54 -0.06 -7.45 -7.04 6,944.70
MADX INDX. 1,031.76 -1.15 -12.95 -18.27 1,724.95
BEL20 2,534.85 -0.22 -6.43 -1.14 4,756.82
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MSCI Europe 89.16 +0.25 -4.31 +1.00 144.21
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** rows sorted in descending order a day
** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation
On May 13 Stock trading in Europe ended with increase of most of the leading indexes. The improvement in investor sentiment contributed to the statements by Mr. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Prime Minister of Spain that the Government intends to reduce the budget deficit to 9.3% of GDP mark by the end of the year, and up to 3% of GDP - by the end of 2013. Positive impact on quotes provided as a number of favorable corporate news. At the same time, some pressure on the market had a weak macroeconomic statistics and the negative opening of trading on U.S. stock exchanges.
On Thursday U.S. stock indexes on bidding demonstrated decline in the background of investors' doubts about the stability of the country's economic recovery.
FTSE 100 Index - stock index, calculated Agency Financial Times based on rates 100 companies with the largest capitalization on the list of the London Stock Exchange.
DAX - Germany's stock index. Calculated as weighted average capitalization value stock prices of the largest companies in Germany.
CAC 40 - France's stock market index. Calculated as weighted average capitalization value stock prices 40 largest companies whose shares are traded on the stock exchange Euronext Paris.
BEL20 - key stock index, Belgium. Calculated on the Brussels Stock Exchange. The index comprises 10 to 20 companies.
MADX Index - main index of the Madrid area, calculated on the basis of capitalization of the shares of leading companies in Spain.
SMI-includes shares of 20 largest companies traded on the Swiss Exchange.
S&P 500 - one of the major U.S. stock indices, a basket which included 500 selected companies in the U.S. having the largest capitalization.
DJIA - the oldest among the existing U.S. market indexes, covers the 30 largest U.S. companies.
Nasdaq Composite Index - a composite index NASDAQ, includes more than five thousand companies (both American and foreign), which are in listing NASDAQ.
MSCI Europe - a composite index of market capitalization of developed stock markets in Europe. Since September 2002, MSCI Europe Index consists of the following 16 developed market country indices: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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