Global stock indices after trades on February 4, 2010

/IRBIS, February 5, 2010/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on February 4, 2010 made: --------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for --------------------- since Historic maximum** Feb 4, 2010 a day* a month 2009 ---------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ Nikkei-225 10,355.98 -0.5 -3.1 +16.9 38,916.00 FTSE-100 5,139.31 -2.2 -6.9 +12.7 8,105.69 DAX 5,533.24 -2.4 -8.3 +15.0 6,930.20 MICEX 1,395.87 -2.5 +1.9 +125.3 1,969.91 DJIA 10,002.18 -2.6 -5.4 +10.7 13,727.03 CAC-40 3,689.25 -2.7 -8.1 +10.1 6,922.33 RТS, 1,463.01 -2.9 +1.3 +131.5 2,487.92 NASDAQ 2,125.43 -3.0 -7.9 +34.8 5,048.62 S&P,500, 1,063.11 -3.1 -6.5 +14.1 1,565.15 ---------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ ------------------ KASE 1,856.34 -0.4 +3.0 +105.4 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. fell sharply against the background of negative macroeconomic news. Number of people receiving unemployment benefits for the week ending January 24, has not changed and amounted to 4,6 million (analysts expected reduction of 21 thousand), the number of first requests for benefits had risen to 480 thousand (forecast - 455 thousand ). In addition, investor sentiment remains influential Moody's statement that the U.S. sovereign credit rating could be downgraded if measures are not taken to reduce the budget deficit. At the bank's shares pressured statement is re-elected chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke is the intention to strengthen controls over credit card companies: Paper JPMorgan Chase & Co. fell by 4.8%, Bank of America Corp. - on 5.0%, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. - on 4.2%, Wells Fargo - on 3.8%, Citigroup Inc. - 5.6%. European stocks also closed in the red, the markets continue to press concerns of investors about the situation around Greece, Spain and Portugal. Against of this backdrop, shares of Deutsche Bank AG fell by 4.6%, despite the rather positive results of the Bank of activity going on in the fourth quarter 2009: net profit for the period amounted to 1.3 billion euros compared with a net loss of 4.8 billion euros over the same period in 2008. Banco Santander shares also fell by 9.4%, while net profit for the fourth quarter increased by 13.4% to 2.2 billion euro against 1.94 billion dollars for the same period a year earlier. [2010-02-05]