Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the August 31, 2010

/IRBIS, September 1, 2010/ - As a result of trading August 30, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- from the History max.** August 31, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 1,052.73 +0.49 -3.30 -16.61 1,724.95 FTSE 100 5,225.22 +0.45 -0.62 -5.00 8,105.69 DAX 5,925.22 +0.22 -3.62 -2.03 8,136.16 CAC 40 3,490.79 +0.11 -4.18 -13.03 6,944.70 Dow Jones 10,014.72 +0.05 -4.31 -5.38 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,049.33 +0.04 -4.74 -7.38 1,565.16 BEL20 2,457.46 -0.14 -2.38 -4.15 4,756.82 NASDAQ 2,114.03 -0.28 -6.24 -8.42 5,048.62 Swiss 6,180.89 -0.39 -0.32 -6.79 9,531.46 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 87.19 +0.06 -1.48 -1.23 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of U.S. stock market following on Tuesday have showed opposite changes. Pressure exerted a message that the index of business activity in the U.S. Managers Association of Chicago in August 2010 to 56.7 points from 62.3 points in July. Analysts had expected a decline to 57 points. However, later, investors took heart that enables us to complete trades on a positive note. The index of consumer confidence in the U.S. rose to 53.5 points. The value has exceeded forecasts of analysts who had expected 50.5 points. Indices of stock exchanges in Europe were closed in the positive territory on the background of positive progress in trading in the U.S.. Unemployment in the euro area in July 2010 has not changed and amounted to 10%, which completely coincided with the expectations of analysts. In the annualized rate of unemployment in the Euro zone rose by 0.4 percentage points. The level of consumer prices in the Euro zone, according to preliminary data, in August 2010 on an annualized basis were 1.6%, which is also distinguished themselves from the expectations of analysts. The unemployment rate in Germany in August 2010, seasonally adjusted, unchanged at 7.6%. Without taking into account seasonal fluctuations in the number of unemployed in Germany in August decreased by 4 thousand to 3.188 million. 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. [2010-09-01]