Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the May 3, 2010

/IRBIS, May 4, 2010/ - As a result of trading May 3, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** May 3, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- NASDAQ 2,498.74 +1.53 +4.00 +8.24 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,202.26 +1.31 +2.05 +6.11 1,565.16 Dow Jones 11,151.83 +1.30 +2.06 +5.37 13,727.03 DAX 6,166.92 +0.51 -1.10 +1.96 8,136.16 BEL20 2,572.46 +0.45 -4.03 +0.33 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,828.46 +0.30 -5.10 -4.62 6,944.70 Swiss 6,607.71 -0.14 -4.08 -0.36 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 1,078.39 -0.76 -5.60 -14.57 1,724.95 ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 90.37 +0.23 -2.62 +2.37 144.21 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Monday, U.S. stock market closed growth against the backdrop of favorable macroeconomic news. It was reported that U.S. consumer spending by 0.6%in March 2010 increased, the same savings dropped to its lowest level in 18 months. This reveals the increasing consumption in the country. In addition, on Monday became aware of the merging airlines United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc., Which supported the growth of securities of air carriers. Shares Apple Inc. increased by 2.4% after reporting that the company has sold more than a million iPad only for the first month of sales of the product. European sites have completed the previous trading day rather restrained, although on the positive territory. The news of the decision the EU and the IMF agreement to provide credit to Greece 110 billion euros was received calmly investors. Analysts still fear that the assistance provided by Greece, only postpone the risk of default, but will not solve the situation with a deficit budget. 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. [2010-05-04]