Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the June 1, 2010

/IRBIS, June 2, 2010/ - As a result of trading June 1, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** June 1, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- BEL20 2,466.00 +0.51 -1.60 -3.82 4,756.82 DAX 5,981.27 +0.28 -1.69 -1.11 8,136.16 Swiss 6,316.60 +0.06 -3.95 -4.75 9,531.46 CAC 40 3,503.08 -0.13 -7.50 -12.73 6,944.70 FTSE 100 5,163.30 -0.48 -7.58 -6.13 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 960.80 -0.60 -8.60 -23.89 1,724.95 Dow Jones 10,024.02 -1.11 -9.25 -5.29 13,727.03 NASDAQ 2,222.33 -1.54 -10.09 -3.73 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,070.71 -1.72 -10.13 -5.50 1,565.16 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 85.16 +0.14 -4.96 -3.53 144.21 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of U.S. stock market on Tuesday closed in the "red zone" despite the fact that macroeconomic background news was quite positive. For example, construction costs in the U.S. up to April 2010 rose by 2.7%, analysts do not expect a change in the indicator. The index of business activity in manufacturing in May 2010 fell by 0.7 points to 59.7 points. Analysts also expected to fall 0.9 points to 59.5 points. Considerable pressure was exerted by corporate news, which in the end and forced the index to close in negative territory. The failure of British oil conglomerate BP Plc. in an attempt to stop the leakage of oil in the Gulf of Mexico forced to regain and other oil and gas companies tied to the incident. Texas Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Owns a 25% share wells BP, lost 19.6% of its capitalization. Stocks Transocean Ltd., Who delivered the lease BP drilling rigs, fell by 11.9%. Paper Halliburton Company, rendering services at the well become cheaper at 14.8%. Also, a certain pressure from the declining prices of metal markets. Against this backdrop, shares of United States Steel Corp. fell by 6.8%, AK Steel Holding Corp. - On 5.8%, Alcoa Inc. - By 3.9%. Stock indexes in Europe were closed different directions. Investors continue to fear the proliferation of budget and debt crisis to other countries in Europe. Some drop play helped the positive macroeconomic news from the U.S.A. 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. [2010-06-02]