Global stock indices after trades on January 29, 2010

/IRBIS, February 1, 2010/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on January 29, 2010 made: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for --------------------- since Historic maximum** Jan. 29, 2010 a day* a month 2009 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ CAC-40 3,739.46 +1.4 -5.0 +11.6 6,922.33 DAX 5,608.79 +1.2 -5.9 +16.6 6,930.20 MICEX 1,419.42 +0.92 +4.2 +129.1 1,969.91 RТS 1,473.81 +0.88 +3.3 +133.2 2,487.92 FTSE-100 5,188.52 +0.8 -3.9 +13.7 8,105.69 DJIA 10,067.33 -0.5 -4.6 +11.4 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,073.87 -1.0 -4.7 +15.2 1,565.15 NASDAQ 2,147.35 -1.5 -6.3 +36.2 5,048.62 Nikkei-225 10,198.04 -2.1 -3.3 +15.1 38,916.00 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ KASE 1,838.82 -1.3 +5.4 +103.5 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. were closed in the red, despite fairly positive news in the background on Friday. According to preliminary estimates of U.S. GDP for the fourth quarter of 2009 increased by 5.7%, analysts predicted a growth of 4.6%. Unit labor costs over the same period also rose by 0.5% (forecast - an increase of 0.4%). The index of consumer confidence in the University of Michigan (final value) rose to 74.4 points (forecast growth - up to 73 points). Positive macroeconomic news from the U.S., by contrast, provides appropriate support to Europe's markets. In addition, according to Eurostat, consumer prices in the euro zone, according to preliminary data, in January 2010 rose by 1% in annual terms (forecast - 1.2%). Unemployment in the euro-zone countries in December 2009 was 10% (forecast - 10.1%). [2010-02-01]