Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the July 22, 2010

/IRBIS, July 23, 2010/ - As a result of trading July 22, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** July 22, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- CAC 40 3,600.57 +3.05 -2.83 -10.30 6,944.70 NASDAQ 2,245.89 +2.68 -0.70 -2.71 5,048.62 MADX INDX. 1,065.65 +2.56 +2.87 -15.58 1,724.95 DAX 6,142.15 +2.53 -2.02 +1.55 8,136.16 S&P 500 1,093.67 +2.25 -0.15 -3.47 1,565.16 BEL20 2,501.41 +2.02 -1.37 -2.44 4,756.82 Dow Jones 10,322.30 +1.99 +0.28 -2.47 13,727.03 FTSE 100 5,313.81 +1.90 +1.27 -3.39 8,105.69 Swiss 6,194.18 +1.00 -4.17 -6.59 9,531.46 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 88.22 +2.07 -0.99 -0.07 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of stock exchanges on Thursday showed U.S. growth, supported by positive macroeconomic and corporate news. According to the National Association of Realtors, sales in the secondary housing market in the U.S. In June 210 the year decreased by 5.1% yoy to 5.37 million, this reduction was significantly lower than forecast 5.10 million index of leading indicators of the U.S. economy, calculated by the Conference Board, in June 2010 decreased by 0.2%. Analysts expected decrease by 0.3%. Against this backdrop of positive statistics, the pressure may have had weak data on U.S. labor market: the number of applications for initial unemployment benefits for the week ending July 17 rose by 37 thousand to 464 thousand Analysts also projected to increase to 450 thousand applications. However, the message is significant impact on the outcome of the bidding yesterday was not there. Corporate reports also did not disappoint investors. Wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc reported that its net profit for the quarter was $ 0.47 per share analysts' expected value of $ 0.43 per share. In addition, the company revised its profit forecast for the current year from $ 1.71-1.82 to 1.82-1.86 per share. The biggest U.S. telephone communications operator AT & T Inc. reported that second quarter net income was $ 0.61 per share; analysts expected $ 0.57 per share. Net profit of Caterpillar Inc. increased during the quarter by 91% from $ 371 million or $ 0.60 per share to $ 707 million or $ 1.09 per share. Caterpillar's revenues grew 30% to $ 10.4 billion analysts had expected earnings of $ 0.83 per share. Xerox Corp. also reported an increase in net profit by 62% to $ 227 million operating profit was $ 0.24 per share. Revenue totaled $ 5.5 billion, up 49% over the same period last year. Analysts expected a profit of $ 0.21 per share. European markets also closed down the growth of the major indexes. According to Eurostat, the volume of industrial orders in the euro zone in May 2010 increased by 3.8%. Analysts had expected growth of only 0.1%. The volume of retail sales increased by 1.3% in the UK in June 2010. Analysts had expected growth to 0.5%. 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. [2010-07-23]