Global stock indices after trades on December 9, 2009

/IRBIS, December 10, 09/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on December 9, 2009 made: ------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for --------------------- since Historic maximum** 09.12.09 a day* a month 2009 ---------- --------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ DJIA 10,337.05 +0.50 +1.1 +14.4 13,727.03 NASDAQ 2,183.73 +0.49 +1.4 +38.5 5,048.62 S&P,500, 1,095.95 +0.4 +0.3 +17.6 1,565.15 RТS, 1,348.92 -0.3 -4.3 +113.5 2,487.92 FTSE-100 5,203.89 -0.4 -0.6 +14.1 8,105.69 MICEX 1,302.37 -0.66 -0.2 +110.2 1,969.91 DAX 5,647.84 -0.72 +0.5 +17.4 6,930.20 CAC-40 3,757.39 -0.74 -0.7 +12.2 6,922.33 Nikkei-225 10,004.72 -1.3 +2.0 +12.9 38,916.00 KASE 1,762.65 -2.5 +5.9 +95.1 2,858.11 ------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indexes in the U.S. rose against the backdrop of favorable corporate and macroeconomic news. The volume of inventory in the warehouses of wholesale trade in the United States in October 2009 rose by 0.3% seasonally adjusted to $ 379.59 billion in annualized volume of stock in October decreased by 13.5%. Shares of banks rose amid reports that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to extend the program TARP until October 2010. European stocks, in contrast, have paved the reduction of pressure lowering Standard & Poor's sovereign rating and lowering the eve of Spain Fitch Ratings long-term credit rating of Greece with a negative outlook. Losers were bank stocks: UBS securities decreased by 2.4%, Fortis on 6.9%, BNP Paribas on 0.3%, Barclays Plc. by 3.1%. The fall of the value of gold to exert pressure on the securities of mining companies: Rio Tinto shares fell 1.4%, Xstrata on 0.5%, BHP Billiton on 0.3% and Vedanta Resources by 1.5%. [2009-12-10]