Asian stock indexes up to July 2, 2010

/IRBIS, July 2, 2010/ - As a result of trading July 2, 2010 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ July 2, 2010 from the History max. ** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------ ------ ------- --------- --------------- STI 2,844.19 +0.85 +4.28 -1.84 3,875.77 SET 50 550.71 +0.59 +5.46 +5.77 915.03 SSEC 2,382.90 +0.38 -7.33 -27.29 6,092.06 Nikkei 225 9,203.71 +0.13 -4.16 -12.73 18,261.98 JCI 2,871.55 -0.09 +5.04 +13.31 2,944.71 Kospi 1,671.82 -0.86 +2.54 -0.65 2,064.85 HSI 19,905.32 -1.11 +2.23 -8.99 31,638.22 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation Today Asian stock markets have closed in different directions. The pressure exerted macroeconomic statistics in the United States, published the day before. PMI in the manufacturing sector in the U.S. in June 2010 fell to 56.2 points from 58.6 points in May. In addition, the U.S. Labor Department reported that the number of initial applications for unemployment benefits up to last week increased by 13 thousand to 472 thousand Analysts also expected to see declines to 455 thousand. Supporting quotes on Asian markets have reported that the Australian Government reached agreement with mining companies regarding mitigating the tax on profits from mining. 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. [2010-07-02]