Stock indices emerging markets by results on August 31, 2010

/IRBIS, September 1, 2010/ - Following the results of the auctions on August 31, 2010, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------ from the History max.** August 31, 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- --------------- ------ ------- --------- -------------- Bovespa 65,145.45 +1.38 -3.51 -5.02 73,516.82 MerVal 2,336.89 +1.29 -2.39 +0.70 2,487.76 MICEX 1,368.90 -0.14 -2.02 -0.08 1,969.91 BSE Sensex 17,971.12 -0.34 +0.58 +2.90 20,873.33 RTS 1,421.21 -0.41 -3.95 -1.62 2,487.92 PFTS 792.82 -1.10 -2.27 +38.38 1,208.61 MSCI EM 970.05 -0.23 -2.15 -1.96 1,338.49 KASE 1,408.43 -0.02 -4.05 -20.35 2,876.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indices in emerging markets on Tuesday closed mostly lower. Pressure exerted falling oil prices. Oil prices fell Tuesday amid reports a decrease in value of the index of business activity in the U.S. in August from 62.3 to 56.7 points. According to the Association of Managers of Chicago, the index of business activity in the U.S. in August 2010 decreased from 62.3 points to 56.7 points in July. Analysts had expected a decline to 57 points. In addition, investors are also awaiting release of official data on the state of oil reserves in the U.S. on the basis of last week. American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report yesterday that the week that ended Aug. 27, 2010, commercial oil reserves in the U.S. increased by 4.765 million barrels, gasoline stocks declined by 589.0 thousand barrels, while distillate stocks - at 1,860 million barrels. The only exception to the general dynamics of steel markets of Brazil and Argentina, which trades on the basis of demonstrated growth indices. The above was due to growth in the U.S. market. Yesterday was published the index of consumer confidence in the U.S., which rose to 53.5 points. The value has exceeded forecasts of analysts who had expected 50.5 points. Bovespa (IBOV Index) - index of approximately 50 stocks that are traded on the stock. commodity and futures exchanges in Sao Paulo. The index is calculated on the basis of changes in the theoretical portfolio of shares. Constituting 80% of the total trade over the past 12 months and at least 80% of the volume of trades of the day. BSE Sensex - the index based on a weighted average of the 30 most liquid stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). MERVAL Index - main index of the Buenos Aires stock market. calculated as the weighted average market value of a stock portfolio. selected according to their market share. number of transactions and value. PFTS Index - the index is calculated daily on the results of bidding Ukrainian PFTS stock exchange on the basis of weighted average price of transactions. The "index basket includes the most liquid stocks. which performed the greatest number of transactions. MICEX Ind - main index of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. including the 30 most liquid stocks of Russian issuers. RTSI - Russia's stock market index Stock Exchange RTS. Calculated on the basis of 50 securities of most capitalized Russian companies. MSCI EM - a composite index of stock market capitalization of emerging markets areas. Since May 2005. includes the index values 26 developing countries: Argentina. Brazil. Chile. China. Colombia. Czech Republic. Hungary. Egypt. India. Indonesia. Israel. Jordan. Korea. Malaysia. Mexico. Morocco. Pakistan. Peru. Philippines. Poland. Russia. South Africa. Thailand. Taiwan. Turkey and Venezuela. KASE Index - the index of the market shares of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. In a representative list of KASE index includes 7 shares. [2010-09-01]