Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the October 1, 2010

/IRBIS, October 4, 2010/ - As a result of trading October 1, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Oct. 1, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- FTSE 100 5,592.90 +0.80 +4.22 +1.68 8,105.69 S&P 500 1,146.24 +0.44 +6.10 +1.17 1,565.16 Dow Jones 10,829.68 +0.39 +5.46 +2.32 13,727.03 NASDAQ 2,370.75 +0.09 +8.91 +2.70 5,048.62 Swiss 6,284.17 -0.19 -0.76 -5.24 9,531.46 DAX 6,211.34 -0.28 +2.09 +2.70 8,136.16 BEL20 2,579.39 -0.40 +1.88 +0.60 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,692.09 -0.62 +1.88 -8.02 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 1,076.99 -0.74 -1.11 -14.68 1,724.95 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 89.81 -0.22 +0.27 +1.73 144.21 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation U.S. stock market indexes on Friday closed in positive territory. Macroeconomic statistics, published at the end of the week, wore a positive nature. Construction spending in U.S. in August 2010 increased by 0.4%, analysts are also expecting a decline of 0.4%. Consumer spending in the U.S. in August 2010 increased by 0.4% compared with July, and revenue - by 0.5%. Analysts were expecting revenue growth at 0.3%, while expenses - by 0.4%. Consumer sentiment index calculated by the University of Michigan, in September 2010, according to revised data, fell to 68.2 points from 68.9 points in August. Analysts expected value of the index at 67 points. A few disappointed investors index of business activity in the industrial sector the U.S., which in September 2010 fell to 54.4 points versus 56.3 points in August. European stock indexes finished the week lower. The pressure exerted weak macroeconomic statistics. Retail sales in Germany, in real terms in August 2010 increased by 2.2% compared with August 2009. Analysts had expected growth to 3.4%. Thus, in nominal terms the growth rate in August 2010 was 3.3%. The unemployment rate in the euro area in August 2010 has not changed and amounted to 10.1%. Analysts expect the value of the index is 10%. 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 October 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. [2010-10-04]