Stock Indexes U.S. and Europe up to the April 7, 2010

/IRBIS, April 8, 2010/ - As a result of trading April 7, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** April 7, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 1,155.42 +0.38 +1.26 -6.95 1,724.95 BEL20 2,696.96 +0.01 +3.69 +7.38 4,756.82 NASDAQ 2,431.16 -0.23 +2.65 +7.14 5,048.62 FTSE 100 5,762.06 -0.31 +2.89 +6.45 8,105.69 DAX 6,222.41 -0.48 +5.89 +4.48 8,136.16 S&P 500 1,182.45 -0.59 +3.22 +6.04 1,565.16 Swiss 6,843.49 -0.62 -0.44 +4.55 9531.46 Dow Jones 10,897.52 -0.66 +3.12 +4.50 13,727.03 CAC 40 4,026.97 -0.67 +3.16 +2.31 6,944.7 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 93.11 -0.29 +3.83 +5.46 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Major U.S. stock indexes sites for most of yesterday's trading session were under pressure again warmed fears investors about the debt problems of Greece. However, two hours before the closing market indexes compensate for the fall start of the day - support to the market has had a meeting of the Fed, whose leaders unanimously supported the plan, maintaining interest rates at record lows for an "extended period of time." Trading on major European sites, which resumed after a long Easter weekend, ended mostly rise - market participants regain previously released economic reports on the U.S. labor market, according to which the number of jobs outside agriculture in the USA increased in March to 162 thousand, which was the most significant growth March 2007. In addition, growth in the number of jobs in the private sector was higher than forecasts. At the same time, as a deterrent in the region were reports that the Greek authorities are going to change the mechanism for providing assistance, as approved at the EU summit last month, due to the stringent conditions that the IMF intends to put the country in exchange for financial assistance. FTSE 100 Index - stock index, calculated Agency Financial Times based on rates 100 companies with the largest capitalization on the list of the London Stock Exchange. DAX - Germany's stock index. Calculated as weighted average capitalization value stock prices of the largest companies in Germany. CAC 40 - France's stock market index. Calculated as weighted average capitalization value stock prices 40 largest companies whose shares are traded on the stock exchange Euronext Paris. BEL20 - key stock index, Belgium. Calculated on the Brussels Stock Exchange. The index comprises 10 to 20 companies. MADX Index - main index of the Madrid area, calculated on the basis of capitalization of the shares of leading companies in Spain. SMI-includes shares of 20 largest companies traded on the Swiss Exchange. S&P 500 - one of the major U.S. stock indices, a basket which included 500 selected companies in the U.S. having the largest capitalization. DJIA - the oldest among the existing U.S. market indexes, covers the 30 largest U.S. companies. Nasdaq Composite Index - a composite index NASDAQ, includes more than five thousand companies (both American and foreign), which are in listing NASDAQ. MSCI Europe - a composite index of market capitalization of developed stock markets in Europe. Since September 2002, MSCI Europe Index consists of the following 16 developed market country indices: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. [2010-04-08]