Asian stock indexes up to August 2, 2010

/IRBIS, August 2, 2010/ - As a result of trading August 2, 2010 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------ August 2, 2010 from the History max. ** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- -------------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- HSI 21,412.79 +1.82 +7.57 -2.10 31,638.22 SSEC 2,672.52 +1.33 +12.15 -18.45 6,092.06 Kospi 1,782.27 +1.30 +6.61 +5.91 2,064.85 STI 3,025.04 +1.25 +6.36 +4.40 3,875.77 SET 50 588.86 +0.86 +6.93 +13.09 915.03 Nikkei 225 9,570.31 +0.35 +3.98 -9.26 18,261.98 JCI 3,058.98 -0.34 +6.53 +20.70 3,069.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation Indices of Asian stock exchanges were closed today on the background of increasing revenue growth companies surpassed analysts' expectations. Japanese automaker Honda Motor said that in the first quarter of 2010-2011 fiscal year, net profit increased more than 36 times to 271.4 billion yen ($ 3.13 billion). Sales in the April- June 2010 increased by 28.2% to 2.89 trillion yen ($ 33.05 billion), operating profit - to 9-fold to 234.4 billion yen ($ 2.7 billion). Also, some influenced by the fact that investors have been taken down a few levels of concern about the prospects for growth in China. Also, support is provided by the current rise in oil prices and other raw materials on world commodity exchanges. 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. [2010-08-02]