Global stock indices after trades on February 1, 2010

/IRBIS, February 2, 2010/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on February 1, 2010 made: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for --------------------- since Historic maximum** Jan. 29, 2010 a day* a month 2009 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ S&P 500 1,089.19 +1.4 -2.3 +16.9 1,565.15 DJIA 10,185.53 +1.2 -2.3 +12.7 13,727.03 FTSE-100 5,247.41 +1.14 -3.1 +15.0 8,105.69 NASDAQ 2,171.20 +1.11 -4.3 +37.7 5,048.62 DAX 5,654.48 +0.8 -5.1 +17.6 6,930.20 CAC-40 3,762.01 +0.6 -4.4 +12.3 6,922.33 Nikkei-225 10,205.02 +0.1 -3.2 +15.2 38,916.00 MICEX 1,417.00 -0.17 +3.4 +128.7 1,969.91 RТS 1,470.79 -0.20 +1.8 +132.8 2,487.92 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ KASE 1,821.84 -0.9 +3.0 +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 began the week on a positive note, support was provided by positive macroeconomic news. ISM index of U.S. manufacturing sector in January 2010 rose to 58.4 points, analysts predicted decline to 55.0 points. Personal incomes of Americans in December 2009 rose by 0.4% and personal spending - by 0.2%. Exxon shares rose 2.7%, the company reported lower net profit in the fourth quarter of 2009 to $ 1.27 per share analysts had expected a decline to $ 1.19 per share. European indices also showed growth in contrast to the positive sentiment on the USA markets. News from the United States have influenced changes in the ask the companies of the banking sector. HSBC shares rose 1.4%, Barclays - on 4.3%, Deutsche Bank - on 2.9%, UniCredit - on 1.9%, Banco Santander - on 1.9%, BNP Paribas - by 1.4 %. Paper Anglo American went up by 2.5%, BHP Billiton - on 1.6%, Xstrata - on 2.8%, Rio Tinto - on 2.7%, Kazakhmys - on 5.1%. Indices of emerging markets have shown decline, pressure from the fall in global stock and commodity areas in the previous trading day. [2010-02-02]