Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the August 5, 2010

/IRBIS, August 6, 2010/ - As a result of trading August 5, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** August 5, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- CAC 40 3,764.19 +0.09 +9.96 -6.22 6,944.70 DAX 6,333.58 +0.04 +6.61 +4.72 8,136.16 MADX INDX. 1,122.67 +0.01 +12.82 -11.07 1,724.95 Dow Jones 10,674.98 -0.05 +9.56 +0.86 13,727.03 BEL20 2,586.09 -0.07 +8.24 +0.86 4,756.82 Swiss 6,374.89 -0.08 +5.14 -3.87 9,531.46 S&P 500 1,125.81 -0.13 +9.51 -0.63 1,565.16 FTSE 100 5,365.78 -0.38 +8.07 -2.45 8,105.69 NASDAQ 2,293.06 -0.46 +9.51 -0.67 5,048.62 ----------- -------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 90.63 -0.30 +7.73 +2.66 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of stock exchanges have shown reductions in the U.S. after the publication of disappointing investors, macroeconomic data. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of initial applications for unemployment benefit for the week ending July 31 rose by 19 thousand to 479 thousand Analysts expect declining to 455 thousand according to the National Research Center for bankruptcy, the number of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. in July 2010 rose by 9% compared with June, to 137,698. Earlier, during the three months recorded declines. Trading on European stock markets ended in floating line. Macroeconomic background in Europe itself was quite positive, but the news from the U.S. had a significant pressure on the behavior of investors. The European Central Bank again left the discount rate unchanged at 1%. The Bank of England also retained the basic discount rate at the current level, 0.5% APR. Industrial orders in Germany in June 2010 increased by 3.2% compared to May, with the expected growth of only 1.5%. Compared with June 2009 the volume of orders increased by 24.6%, analysts expected the growth to 21.6%. The European Commission, the ECB and the IMF reported that up to verify compliance with commitments to reduce Greece's fiscal deficit the country has shown "significant progress" and "the program has strong start." Regulators determined that Greece has fulfilled all the basic conditions of the program of assistance from the EU and the IMF, and the economic reforms go ahead. The next stage of the program must be approved the second tranche for Greece is $ 9 billion. 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. [2010-08-06]