Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the August 4, 2010

/IRBIS, August 5, 2010/ - As a result of trading August 4, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** August 4, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- NASDAQ 2,303.57 +0.88 +10.12 -0.21 5,048.62 Swiss 6,380.30 +0.67 +7.37 -3.79 9,531.46 S&P 500 1,127.24 +0.61 +10.23 -0.51 1,565.16 Dow Jones 10,680.43 +0.41 +10.26 +0.91 13,727.03 DAX 6,331.33 +0.37 +8.86 +4.68 8,136.16 CAC 40 3,760.72 +0.35 +12.85 -6.31 6,944.70 BEL20 2,587.82 -0.04 +11.08 +0.93 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,386.16 -0.19 +11.66 -2.08 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 1,122.60 -0.26 +16.89 -11.07 1,724.95 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 90.90 +0.03 +10.81 +2.97 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of U.S. stock exchanges were closed in the green zone "on the background of favorable macro-economic data. According to the Automatic Data Processing (ADP), the number of jobs in the private sector of the U.S. in July 2010 increased by 42 thousand, with the anticipated growth of 39 thousand According to the American Institute for Supply Management (ISM), PMI for non-productive sphere in July 2010 rose to 54.3 points. Analysts had expected a decline to 53 points. Despite the fact that oil futures on the bidding results on August 4 showed decrease, a favorable report on the reduction of stocks of "black gold" in the United States supported the oil companies' securities. Recall, according to the Energy Information Administration U.S. Department of Energy, commercial stocks of crude oil in the U.S. for the week ended July 30 fell by 2.8 million barrels. Most major stock indexes in Europe have shown growth. Support was provided by the positive statistics from the U.S., as well as corporate news. French bank Societe Generale SA reported that its net profit in the second quarter of 2010 grew 3.5 times to 1.08 billion euros, against net profit of 309 million euros for the same period in 2009. Revenues for the second quarter of 2010 increased by 16.8% and amounted to 6.67 billion euros. Operating profit increased 3 fold to 1.6 billion euros. British Lloyds also reported positive results of its activities: Profit before tax for the first half of 2010 amounted to 1.6 billion pounds compared with a loss of 3.95 billion pounds a year earlier. In this case the total income for the first half of this year grew by 4.1% and amounted to 12.74 billion pounds. Net interest income grew by 7.2% to 6.91 billion pounds. The world's largest manufacturer of sporting goods, the German company Adidas AG reported an increase in net profit in the second quarter of 2010 to 14-fold to 126 million euros, compared with 9 million euros a year earlier. Gross profit in the second quarter of 2010 increased by 29.2% and amounted to 1.42 billion euros. Operating profit was 195 million euros. Yesterday also it became known that the Board of Directors of one of the largest British banks Royal Bank of Scotland approved the sale of its 318 offices in the UK subsidiary of Spanish bank Banco Santander - Santander UK Plc. for 1.65 billion pounds. The transaction is expected to be completed by December 2011, as transfer offices noticeable from 12 to 18 months. Macro-economic statistics, published yesterday in Europe, met the expectations of analysts. The volume of retail sales in the euro zone in June 2010 in relation to the previous month has not changed, which corresponds to analysts. The volume of retail trade increased by 0.4%in the Euro zone in June 2010 compared with June 2009. The retail price index in Britain, according to the British Retail Consortium, in July 2010 increased by 1.5%. 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. [2010-08-05]