Global stock indices after trades on November 25, 2009

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, November 26, 09/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on November 25, 2009 made: ------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for --------------------- since Historic maximum** 25.11.09 a day* a month 2009 ---------- --------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ FTSE-100 5,364.81 +0.8 +3.3 +17.6 8,105.69 CAC-40 3,809.16 +0.65 +1.7 +13.7 6,922.33 DAX 5,803.02 +0.58 +2.9 +20.6 6,930.20 S&P 500 1,110.63 +0.5 +4.1 +19.2 1,565.15 Nikkei-225 9,441.64 +0.4 -8.9 +6.6 38,916.00 NASDAQ 2,176.05 +0.32 +1.6 +38.0 5,048.62 DJIA 10,464.40 +0.29 +6.0 +15.8 13,727.03 RТS 1,427.55 -1.36 -3.3 +125.9 2,487.92 MICEX 1,312.07 -1.43 -3.4 +111.8 1,969.91 KASE 1,821.80 +0.9 +5.8 +101.6 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 favorable macroeconomic news. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, personal income increased by 0.2% to $ 30.1 billion on October 2009. Index of personal consumer spending grew by 0.7% to $ 68.3 billion. Index of consumer confidence was 67.4 points at the expected 67 points. Sales of new homes in September rose from 0,402 million to 0.43 million with 0.41 m. forecast in the number of applications for unemployment insurance in the past week fell by 35.0 thousand to 466.0 thousand. European markets also closed down the growth of stock indices, under the influence of positive sentiment on the areas of the United States. One of the leading gainers was pharmaceutical companies' securities: shares of GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis have risen in price by 0.9-2.7%. Russia stock market was closed in the "minus" in against. At the market continued to pressure the effect of sales of "blue chips", which started two days ago, by one of the major bidders. According to unofficial data, this "major party", became the state VEB, which is raising funds to participate in the IPO of Rusal. On the other hand, the pressure on the market has had a statement of Mr. Alexei Kudrin Finance Minister that the crisis of Russia's economy is continuing and will continue for another year or two. At the same time within the next year the oil price stays at $ 70-80 per barrel, and within two years of "high probability" will fall to $ 60. Mr. Kudrin also said that the growth of Russia's stock market has speculative character. [2009-11-26]