Asian stock indexes up to October 8, 2010

/IRBIS, October 8, 2010/ - As a result of trading October 8, 2010 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Oct. 8, from the History max. ** 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- SSEC 2,738.74 +3.13 +1.61 -16.43 6,092.06 HSI 22,944.18 +0.26 +8.80 +4.90 31,638.22 Kospi 1,897.07 -0.20 +6.62 +12.73 2,064.85 STI 3,153.34 -0.42 +4.71 +8.83 3,875.77 SET 50 666.06 -0.87 +4.86 +27.92 915.03 Nikkei 225 9,588.88 -0.99 +6.25 -9.08 18,261.98 JCI 3,546.95 -1.09 +9.78 +39.95 3,603.40 ------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation Most Asian stock markets indexes closed in negative territory today. Investors' concerns about the prospects for corporate profits in developed economies overshadowed reports on the growth of retail sales in China and increase the likelihood of Moody's ratings. Chinese markets rose today. As reported by Xinhua, citing data from the Ministry of Trade, the sale of retail trade and catering enterprises in China grew by 18.7% during the holidays, from 01 to 07 October, compared with the same period a year earlier. Sales reached about 592.5 billion yuan ($ 88.8 billion). International rating agency Moody's Investors Service placed the rating of the sovereign debt of China, located at the A1, on the list for review with the possibility of improvement. The grounds for this decision was "vigorous development of Chinese economy despite the global financial crisis," "timely, decisive and effective government response to the crisis in China as an economic stimulus program, as well as the fact that the government managed to avoid the degradation of their credit and financial indicators despite the potential loss from an extraordinary credit expansion in 2009. HSI - Hong Kong Stock Exchange's main index calculated on the basis of shares of 45 companies whose capitalization is 67% Hong Kong Stock Exchange. SSEC - the key index calculated based price changes for all papers A and B Listing Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange. STI - Singapore's main stock index sites calculated FTSE on the basis of changes in capitalization of 30 stocks included in the SGX Mainboard. Nikkei 225 - Japan's major stock index is calculated as a weighted average of prices of shares 225 most actively traded companies' first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. List of companies covered by the Nikkei 225 index is reviewed at least once a year in October. JCI - calculated on the basis of capitalization of all shares of customary Listing Indonesia Stock Exchange. KOSPI - Korean stock index which includes all companies whose shares are traded on the Korea Stock Exchange. SET 50 - calculated on the basis of the 50 most liquid shares having a maximum capitalization on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. [2010-10-08]