Global stock indices after trades on May 14, 2009

/IRBIS, Renat Temirbekov, May 15, 09/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on May 14, 2009: --------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for -------------------- since Historic maximum* 14.05.09 a day a month 2009 --------- -------- ----- ------- ------ ----------------- DJIA 8331.32 +0.56 +5.19 -7.79 13,727.03 S&P 500 893.07 +1.04 +6.13 -4.16 1,565.15 Nasdaq 1689.21 +1.50 +3.91 +7.11 5,048.62 DAX 4738.47 +0.23 +3.98 -1.49 6,930.20 FTSE-100 4362.58 +0.72 +9.37 -4.37 8,105.69 CAC 40 3156.29 +0.11 +5.20 -5.77 6,922.33 Nikkei225 9093.73 -2.64 +2.84 +2.64 38,916.00 RTS 932.11 -1.63 +15.42 +47.51 2,487.92 --------------------------------------------------------- *historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Thursday, the stock indices in the USA demonstrated growth in the range from 0.6 to 1.5 % against the background of the shares increase of banks (JPMorgan и Citigroup) and the technology companies. There was an increase in shares of insurance companies such as shares of Hartford Financial increased by 17.0 % to $14.7. The stock markets in Europe showed growth on the major indices against on the background of corporate news. After a three-day fall, shares of the European banks increased, as a result a financial sector improved. Shares of Barclays rose by 4.2 %, Credit Suisse - by 4.0%, HSBC - by 1.7 %, Royal Bank of Scotland - by 4.0 %. [2009-05-15]