Asian stock indexes up to May 19, 2010

/IRBIS, May 19, 2010/ - As a result of trading May 19, 2010 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ May 19, 2010 from the History max. ** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------ ------ ------- --------- --------------- SSEC 2,587.81 -0.27 -13.17 -21.03 6,092.06 STI 2,774.54 -2.45 -6.29 -4.25 3,875.77 HSI 19,578.98 -1.83 -8.53 -10.49 31,638.22 JCI 2,729.48 -3.69 -3.91 +7.70 2,944.71 SET 50 536.16 +0.76 +4.69 +2.97 915.03 Kospi 1,630.08 -0.80 -4.41 -3.13 2,064.85 Nikkei 225 10,186.84 -0.54 -6.62 -3.41 18,261.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation On Wednesday Asian stock indexes fell after U.S. stock market, when Germany decided to ban unsecured short sales for a number of financial instruments. In addition, the stock market had a negative impact lower oil prices and non-ferrous metals and the strengthening of the yen. HSI - Hong Kong Stock Exchange's main index calculated on the basis of shares of 45 companies whose capitalization is 67% Hong Kong Stock Exchange. SSEC - the key index calculated based price changes for all papers A and B Listing Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange. STI - Singapore's main stock index sites calculated FTSE on the basis of changes in capitalization of 30 stocks included in the SGX Mainboard. Nikkei 225 - Japan's major stock index is calculated as a weighted average of prices of shares 225 most actively traded companies' first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. List of companies covered by the Nikkei 225 index is reviewed at least once a year in October. JCI - calculated on the basis of capitalization of all shares of customary Listing Indonesia Stock Exchange. KOSPI - Korean stock index which includes all companies whose shares are traded on the Korea Stock Exchange. SET 50 - calculated on the basis of the 50 most liquid shares having a maximum capitalization on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. [2010-05-19]