Global stock indices after trades on February 3, 2010

/IRBIS, February 4, 2010/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on February 3, 2010 made: --------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for --------------------- since Historic maximum** Feb 3, 2010 a day* a month 2009 ---------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ RТS, 1,507.15 +0.6 +4.3 +138.5 2,487.92 Nikkei-225 10,404.33 +0.3 -2.4 +17.4 38,916.00 NASDAQ 2,190.91 +0.04 -5.1 +38.9 5,048.62 DJIA 10,270.55 -0.3 -3.0 +13.7 13,727.03 MICEX 1,431.08 -0.4 +4.5 +131.0 1,969.91 CAC-40 3,793.47 -0.49 -5.5 +13.2 6,922.33 S&P,500, 1,097.28 -0.55 -3.2 +17.8 1,565.15 FTSE-100 5,253.15 -0.6 -4.5 +15.2 8,105.69 DAX 5,672.09 -0.7 -6.2 +17.9 6,930.20 ---------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ KASE 1,864.73 +1.5 +5.5 +106.4 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. demonstrated differently directed momentum, investors preferred to fix profit. Moody's announced that the U.S. sovereign credit rating could be downgraded if measures are not taken to reduce the budget deficit. On the stock of pharmaceutical companies had pressured the negative data on profits for the fourth quarter of 2009, Pfizer Inc, which amounted to $ 0.49 per share, when market expectations of profit of $ 0.51 per share. Shares of the largest U.S. life insurance company MetLife Inc. fell 4.3% after the company confirmed it was in talks to buy American Life Insurance Company (Alico), owned by AIG. However, S & P skeptically assessed the effect of the transaction. Pressure on the market and have macroeconomic news: PMI for non-productive sphere USA in January 2010 rose to 50.5 points, the forecast of analysts - 51.0 points. European stocks showed a reduction of the background of increasing concerns about the situation with the budget deficit of Greece and Portugal. The General Confederation of Workers of Greece announced a general 24-hour strike against government measures to stabilize the economy. On the eve of Prime Minister of Greece Giorgos Papandreou stated that public sector salaries will be frozen for at least a year, costs will be reduced by 10%. Electrolux's net profit in the fourth quarter of 2009 amounted to 664 million Swedish kroner, while the forecast of analysts was about 671 million kroons. [2010-02-04]