Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the August 2, 2010

/IRBIS, August 3, 2010/ - As a result of trading August 2, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** August 2, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 1,121.97 +3.06 +16.97 -11.12 1,724.95 CAC 40 3,752.03 +2.99 +12.06 -6.53 6,944.70 FTSE 100 5,397.11 +2.65 +11.55 -1.88 8,105.69 BEL20 2,579.35 +2.46 +10.36 +0.60 4,756.82 DAX 6,292.13 +2.34 +7.85 +4.03 8,136.16 S&P 500 1,125.86 +2.20 +10.10 -0.63 1,565.16 Dow Jones 10,674.38 +1.99 +10.20 +0.85 13,727.03 Swiss 6,321.64 +1.95 +5.81 -4.67 9,531.46 NASDAQ 2,295.36 +1.80 +9.73 -0.57 5,048.62 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 90.86 +2.67 +10.47 +2.92 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of U.S. stock exchanges were closed on Monday on a positive note. Support for growth was favorable macroeconomic news. The Institute for Supply Management reported that the index of business activity in the U.S. industry in July 2010 fell to 55.5 points. Analysts had expected a more significant reduction, to 54 points. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, spending on construction in June 2010 increased by 0.1% and amounted to $ 836 billion analysts predicted a decline of 0.5%. European stock markets also on Monday were on the rise against a background of positive statistics from the U.S.. Also, support was provided by good quarterly reports of major European companies. Net profit of British HSBC Holdings Plc. in the first half of 2010 has doubled to $ 6.76 billion in net interest income of HSBC in the first half declined by 4% to $ 20.54 billion a year earlier to $ 19.76 billion, operating profit totaled $ 40.67 billion French BNP Paribas also reported on good results: its net profit in the second quarter of 2010 increased by 31.2% to 2.1 billion euros. Revenues for the quarter increased by 11.8% and amounted to 11.2 billion euros. Operating profit rose almost doubled to 3.68 billion euros. 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. [2010-08-03]