Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the April 21, 2010

/IRBIS, April 22, 2010/ - As a result of trading April 21, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** April 21, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- NASDAQ 2,504.61 +0.17 +4.56 +8.50 5,048.62 Dow Jones 11,124.92 +0.07 +3.14 +5.11 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,205.94 -0.10 +3.44 +6.44 1,565.16 Swiss 6,814.71 -0.40 -0.75 +2.76 9,531.46 DAX 6,230.38 -0.54 +4.06 +3.01 8,136.16 BEL20 2,660.86 -0.75 +1.00 +3.78 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,723.43 -1.04 +1.40 +4.06 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,977.67 -1.22 +1.26 -0.90 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 1,146.03 -2.09 +2.04 -9.22 1,724.95 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 93.02 -0.59 +3.02 +5.37 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Major U.S. stock indexes closed at flute line. Quote Supporting provided by strong corporate quarterly reports. The most impressive in this context, investors made record of Apple Inc., Under which the company's net profit for the second quarter of fiscal year 2009-2010 was $ 3.33 per share, revenue - $ 13.5 billion, analysts also expect that revenues will be $ 12 billion ., profit - $ 2.46 per share. On Wednesday Morgan Stanley said that its profit in the first quarter of 2010 amounted to 99 cents per share (the forecast of analysts - 57 cents per share), Wells Fargo & Co. - 43 cents per share (the forecast - 2 cents per share). However, a significant pressure on the positive mood of investors was provided to events on the European sites, which closed on Wednesday, a significant reduction. Trading on stock exchanges in Europe ended in the red zone against the resumption of growth fears about the situation around Greece and its debts. The euro has dropped significantly against the dollar amid rising yields of 10-year Greek bonds above the level of 8% per annum: the Greek Government has initiated consultations with the EU, the ECB and the IMF over a possible loan to the country amounting to 40-45 billion euros. In the markets on Wednesday began circulating a rumor that the parties have difficulties in the negotiations. Additional pressure was exerted macroeconomic news: the unemployment rate in the UK in March 2010 decreased compared with the revised February index of 0.1 percentage points to 4.8%. Analysts expected value of the index at the level of 4.9%. In addition, the negative messages added U.S. Department of Energy a significant increase in oil and oil products on the basis of last week. 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. [2010-04-22]