Global stock indexes after trades on September 15, 2009

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, September 16, 09/ - The value of global stock indexes after trades on September 15, 2009 made: --------------------------------------------------------- changes (in %) for ------------------------- From the Historical 15.09.09 a day* a beginning of maximum month 2009 * ---------- --------- ------ ----- ------------ ---------- S&P 500 1,224.33 +2.5 +15.5 +93.8 2,487.92 NASDAQ 1,203.97 +2.5 +12.2 +94.3 1,969.91 DJIA 10,339.43 +1.2 -2.4 +16.7 38,916.00 FTSE-100 9,683.41 +0.6 +3.9 +7.2 13,727.03 MICEX 3,752.21 +0.6 +7.4 +12.0 6,922.33 DAX 2,102.64 +0.5 +5.9 +33.3 5,048.62 CAC-40 5,042.13 +0.5 +7.0 +10.5 8,105.69 RТС 1,052.63 +0.3 +4.8 +13.0 1,565.15 Nikkei-225 5,628.98 +0.2 +6.0 +17.0 6,930.20 ---------- --------- ------ ----- ------------ ---------- KASE 1,452.40 +2.2 +11.4 +60.7 2,858.11 --------------------------------------------------------- * terms were ordered by descending of indexes change for 1 day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trades at U.S. stock markets ended in the green zone against the background of favorable macro-economic data and optimistic statements of head of FRS. In August, volume of retail sales in the U.S rose by 2.7% and to $ 351.4 billion, which was higher than analysts' forecasts (an increase of 1.7%). Mr. Ben Bernanke, Chief of Fed said the U.S. has passed a recession, but the recovery will be slow. However, the unemployment rate will fall slow too. European markets also reacted positively to macroeconomic news from the U.S.: HSBC shares price rose by 1.6%, Societe Generale - on 1.0%, Banco Santander - on 1.0% [2009-09-16]