Global stock indices after trades on June 18, 2009

/IRBIS, Renat Temirbekov, June 19, 09/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on June 18, 2009: ---------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for -------------------- since Historic maximum** 18.06.09 a day* a month 2009 --------- -------- ------ ------- ----- ------------------ CAC40 3,194.06 +1.0 -1.6 -4.6 6,922.33 S&P 500 918.37 +0.8 +1.0 -1.4 1,565.15 DAX 4,837.48 +0.8 -0.3 +0.6 6,930.20 DJIA 8,555.60 +0.7 +0.6 -5.3 13,727.03 FTSE-100 4,280.86 +0.1 -3.7 -6.2 8,105.69 Nasdaq 1,807.72 -0.02 +4.4 +14.6 5,048.62 Nikkei225 9,703.72 -1.4 +7.4 +9.5 38,916.00 RTS 997.68 -3.9 +6.2 +57.9 2,487.92 --------- -------- ------ ------- ----- ------------------ KASE 1,090.49 -2.4 +0.2 +20.7 2,858.11 ---------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Thursday, there was the growth of stock market in the United States. Claims for unemployment benefits and a situation on the manufacture sector in the United States supported the market. Shares of financial and health care companies demonstrated a growth: the shares of Bank of America increased by 4.9 % and JPMorgan Chase - by 4.4 %. Macroeconomic information maintained the market as well. Ministry of Labour of the USA reported that the number of claims for the unemployment benefit fell for the first time since January, 2009. The stock indices in Europe demonstrated a growth under the influence of news from the United States. The shares of ING rose by 8.0 % after increasing of recommendation by the expert of Goldman Sachs. The shares of Aegon rose by 7.3 % after increasing of recommendation by the expert of Theodoor Gilissen. The shares of Carnival rose by 7.2% after the company reported a profit in the second quarter of this year, which was higher than analysts' expectations. [2009-06-19]