Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the May 28, 2010

/IRBIS, May 31, 2010/ - As a result of trading May 28, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** May 28, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 973,61 +1,05 -7,38 -22,87 1 724,95 Swiss 6,321.92 +0.27 -3.87 -4.67 9,531.46 DAX 5,946.18 +0.15 -2.27 -1.69 8,136.16 FTSE 100 5,188.43 -0.13 -7.13 -5.67 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,515.06 -0.29 -7.18 -12.43 6,944.70 BEL20 2,460.54 -0.37 -1.82 -4.03 4,756.82 NASDAQ 2,257.04 -0.91 -8.69 -2.23 5,048.62 Dow Jones 10,136.63 -1.19 -8.23 -4.23 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,089.41 -1.24 -8.56 -3.85 1,565.16 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 84.69 -0.32 -5.48 -4.07 144.21 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation U.S. stock market on Friday closed in a positive territory on the background of fixation investors' profits in anticipation of the today's celebration, Monday is a Memorial Day. This news on the background at the end of last week was rather negative. On Friday it became known that the index of business activity of the Chicago association of purchasing managers in May 2010 fell to 59.7 points, with expectations of 62 points. In addition, personal spending in the U.S. in April 2010 grew by only 0.4%, while analysts had expected growth to 0.5%. Pressure on the mood of the market also provided the message that the international rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-and short-term issuer default ratings of Spain's foreign and local currency from AAA to AA +. European stock indexes on Friday closed in different directions, the main pressure has been exerted Fitch lowered ratings of Spain from AAA to AA +. On the eve of the Spanish Parliament approved measures to reduce the fiscal deficit of the country. The government plans to increase the rate of progressive income tax. In addition, salaries of civil servants will be reduced by 5%, and reduced salaries of key members of the government by 15%. There will also be suspended indexation of pensions will be frozen and a number of social benefits. On Friday, the Federal Statistical Office of Germany reported that import prices in April 2010 rose by 2% in monthly terms; analysts also expect growth to 1.5%. 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. [2010-05-31]