Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the June 14 2010

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/IRBIS, June 15, 2010/ - As a result of trading June 14, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** June 14, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- CAC 40 3,626.04 +1.98 +1.84 -9.66 6,944.70 BEL20 2,498.24 +1.40 +2.09 -2.56 4,756.82 DAX 6,125.00 +1.28 +1.13 +1.27 8,136.16 FTSE 100 5,202.13 +0.74 -1.15 -5.42 8,105.69 Swiss 6,472.12 +0.71 +0.68 -2.40 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 990.20 +0.27 +2.78 -21.56 1,724.95 NASDAQ 2,243.96 +0.02 -4.38 -2.79 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,089.63 -0.18 -4.05 -3.83 1,565.16 Dow Jones 10,190.89 -0.20 -4.04 -3.71 13,727.03 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 87.56 +1.19 +1.67 -0.82 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Monday Indices of U.S. stock market have closed in different directions. The main factor for the pressure was reported decreases by the international rating agency Moody's long-term credit rating of Greece just four stages to the level of Ba1 from A3. At the same macroeconomic news background was quite positive. According to statistic agency EU, industrial production in the Euro zone increased to 0.8% in April 2010, with expectations of growth at 0.5%. In addition, investors expected that the U.S. Federal Reserve on June 16 will report an increase in industrial production on 0.9% last month. European stock exchanges were able to resist, despite the negative message about a sharp decrease in rate in Greece. Growth has contributed to reports of more significant increase in industrial production in the Euro zone in April than expected. Moreover, the British Management and Budget reported that the UK budget deficit is expected to be lower than expected, despite the weak economic growth. The deficit will fall from 155 billion pounds in the current financial year to 71 billion pounds by April 2015, up 22 billion pounds better than the previous forecast. 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. [2010-06-15]