Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the August 20, 2010

/IRBIS, August 23, 2010/ - As a result of trading August 20, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** August 20, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- NASDAQ 2,179.76 +0.04 -0.35 -5.57 5,048.62 FTSE 100 5,195.28 -0.31 -0.37 -5.55 8,105.69 S&P 500 1,071.69 -0.37 +0.20 -5.41 1,565.16 Dow Jones 10,213.62 -0.56 +0.92 -3.50 13,727.03 BEL20 2,452.32 -0.88 +0.02 -4.35 4,756.82 DAX 6,005.16 -1.15 +0.25 -0.71 8,136.16 CAC 40 3,526.12 -1.30 +0.92 -12.15 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 1,043.18 -1.41 +0.40 -17.36 1,724.95 Swiss 6,185.82 -1.52 +0.87 -6.72 9,531.46 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 87.44 -0.67 +1.17 -0.95 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock Indexes U.S. and Europe finished the week lower. At investor sentiment continued to exert pressure weak statistics from the U.S., published the day before. Recall the number of initial applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending August 14 raised by 12 thousand to 500 thousand applications. Analysts had expected the indicator to grow by 10 thousand business activity index Philadelphia Fed in August 2010 decreased to (-7.7) points that did not meet analysts' forecasts, expects a positive value of 7.0 points. Paper oil companies have fallen under the pressure of falling oil prices on the background of strengthening U.S. dollar. On Friday it became known that the net profit of one of the world's largest computer makers Dell for the second quarter of 2010-2011 fiscal year increased by 16% to $ 545 million compared to the same period, when earnings totaled $ 472 million in terms of per share net income Dell in the second quarter was $ 0.28, up 17% rate over the same period the previous fiscal year. Revenues for May-July 2010 increased by 22% to $ 15.53 billion from $ 12.76 billion a year earlier. Net profit of another technology company Hewlett-Packard in the third quarter of fiscal year 2010 increased by 11.4% to $ 30.7 billion compared with $ 27.6 billion for the same period in 2008- 2009 fiscal year. Earnings per share for the third quarter were $ 1.08, a 17% increase over the same period a year earlier. Revenues for May-July 2010 increased by 6% to $ 1.8 billion compared with $ 1.7 billion for the same period in 2008-2009 fiscal years. 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. [2010-08-23]