Global stock indices after trades on March 3, 2010

/IRBIS, March 4, 2010/ - The value of global stock indices after trades on March 3, 2010 made: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** March 4, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- RТS, 1,460.20 +1.0 -0.7 +1.1 2,487.92 FTSE-100 5,533.21 +0.9 +5.45 +2.2 8,105.69 MICEX 1,379.32 +0.8 -2.7 +0.7 1,969.91 CAC-40 3,842.52 +0.8 +2.1 -2.4 6,922.33 DAX 5,817.88 +0.7 +2.9 -2.3 6,930.20 Nikkei-225 10,253.14 +0.3 +0.5 -2.8 38,916.00 S&P,500, 1,118.79 +0.04 +2.7 +0.3 1,565.15 NASDAQ 2,280.68 -0.005 +5.0 +0.5 5,048.62 DJIA 10,396.76 -0.1 +2.1 -0.3 13,727.03 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- KASE 1,780.06 +0.5 -2.3 +0.7 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 were closed on Wednesday diverse directions. At the beginning of the trading session the market dominated by optimism against the backdrop of the positive macroeconomic news. The index of business activity in the services the U.S. in February 2010 rose to 2.5 points. The number of job cuts in the private sector in February amounted to 20 thousand a certain pressure at the end of the trading day benefited from the publication "Beige Book" The Fed, which noted that the U.S. economy continues to recover, but very modest. On the stock of pharmaceutical company was pressured by a message stating that the drug Dimebon on Alzheimer's disease, developed by Medivation and Pfizer, showed unsatisfactory results in the last stages of clinical trials. Against this background, the paper Medivation fell 67.4%, Pfizer - on 1.6%, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - on 1.6%, Abbott Laboratories - on 0.9%, Merck&Co. - 0.5%. European stocks finished the day more clearly in the Green Zone. Support has been both positive macroeconomic news from the U.S. and reports regarding the situation surrounding the debt problems of Greece. As reported yesterday, the Cabinet of Ministers of Greece approved the new measures to reduce the budget deficit by another 4.8 billion euros. The Government intends to further reduce the cost of 2.4 billion euros and an equal increase revenue side. Also decided to increase the VAT rate by 2 percentage points to 21%, reduced by 30% annual bonus payments of civil servants and freeze the pensions. [2010-03-04]