Global stock indices after trades on October 29, 2009

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, October 30, 09/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on October 29, 2009 made: --------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ since Historic maximum** 29.10.09 a day* a month 2009 ---------- -------- ------ ------- --------- ------------------ MICEX 1,291.99 +3.1 +6.5 2.1 times 1,969.91 S&P 500 1,066.11 +2.3 +0.5 +14.4 1,565.15 DJIA 9,962.58 +2.0 +2.3 +10.3 13,727.03 NASDAQ 2,097.55 +1.8 -1.2 +33.0 5,048.62 DAX 5,587.45 +1.7 -2.2 +16.2 6,930.20 CAC-40 3,714.02 +1.4 -2.6 +10.9 6,922.33 FTSE-100 5,137.72 +1.1 -0.4 +12.6 8,105.69 RТS 1,377.16 +0.6 +9.2 2.2 times 2,487.92 Nikkei-225 9,891.10 -1.8 -2.1 +11.6 38,916.00 KASE 1,599.40 -1.4 +5.9 +77.0 2,858.11 --------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indexes in the United States were closed in the green zone on the background of the positive macroeconomic data on the U.S. economy. Ministry of Commerce reported that U.S. GDP in the third quarter of 2009 increased by 3.5%, exceeding the forecast of analysts (an increase of 3.2%). In addition, on Thursday became known that the number of initial claims for unemployment benefit in the U.S. last week fell by 1.0 thousand to 530 thousand European stocks also have shown an increase on the background of positive messages about the state of the U.S. economy, as well as a slight improvement with the economies of the eurozone. Index of the business climate in the euro area in October fell by 1.78 points, with the forecast fall of 1.95 points. The unemployment rate in Germany in October fell from 8.2% to 8.1%, with the forecast increase to 8.3%. [2009-10-30]