Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the August 12, 2010

/IRBIS, August 13, 2010/ - As a result of trading August 12, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** August 12, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- BEL20 2,505.90 +0.399 -0.41 -2.26 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,266.06 +0.398 -0.09 -4.26 8,105.69 Swiss 6,279.35 +0.22 -0.31 -5.31 9,531.46 CAC 40 3,621.07 -0.20 -0.46 -9.79 6,944.70 DAX 6,135.17 -0.31 -0.90 +1.44 8,136.16 MADX INDX. 1,070.62 -0.31 +0.68 -15.19 1,724.95 S&P 500 1,083.61 -0.54 -1.07 -4.36 1,565.16 Dow Jones 10,319.95 -0.57 -0.42 -2.49 13,727.03 NASDAQ 2,190.27 -0.83 -2.31 -5.12 5,048.62 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 88.46 +0.16 -0.32 +0.20 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation U.S. stock indexes closed in negative territory on the background of weak macroeconomic statistics. U.S. trade deficit in June 2010 increased by 18.8% to $ 49.90 billion, analysts expect that figure is $ 42.5 billion in volume of US imports in June 2010 increased by 3% compared with May and amounted to $ 200 35 billion, exports decreased by 1.3% to $ 150.45 billion for the revised data, the negative trade balance the US in May 2010 totaled $ 41.98 billion, previously reported $ 42.27 billion in industrial output China in July 2010 increased by 13.4% compared to the same period in 2009, but fell by 0.3% compared with June 2010. The volume of orders for machine-building equipment in Japan in June 2010, seasonally adjusted, rose by 1.6% compared to the previous month. This is the first rise in two months. However, analysts were expecting a more significant growth at 5.5%. Trading on European stock markets also ended lower main indices of the pressure drop at the opening of trading in the US, as well as falling prices for commodities. The Bank of England lowered the growth forecast for UK GDP in 2011 from 3.4% to 2.5%. It is projected that inflation in 2011 will exceed 2%. As the regulator, the revision of the forecast inflation and GDP growth due to new economic conditions, including the decision of the Government to increase next year, the value added tax to 20%. Mr. Mervyn King Governor of the Bank of England also said that the country's economic recovery over the past two years will be unstable and uneven. 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. [2010-08-13]