Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the October 19, 2010
20.10.10 17:46
/IRBIS, October 20, 2010/ - As a result of trading October 19, 2010 importance of
indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was:
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Trend (in %) for
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Oct. 19, 2010 from the History max.**
a day* a month beginning
of 2010
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MADX INDX. 1,122.50 +0.08 +2.74 -11.08 1,724.95
Swiss 6,471.96 +0.03 +1.30 -2.40 9,531.46
BEL20 2,666.15 -0.23 +3.77 +3.99 4,756.82
DAX 6,490.69 -0.40 +4.52 +7.31 8,136.16
FTSE 100 5,703.89 -0.67 +3.55 +3.70 8,105.69
CAC 40 3,807.17 -0.71 +2.29 -5.15 6,944.70
Dow Jones 10,978.62 -1.48 +3.50 +3.73 13,727.03
S&P 500 1,165.90 -1.59 +3.58 +2.90 1,565.16
NASDAQ 2,436.95 -1.76 +5.24 +5.57 5,048.62
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MSCI Europe 91.91 -0.54 +0.83 +4.11 144.21
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** rows sorted in descending order a day
** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation
Indexes of U.S. stock market closed lower on Tuesday. Pressure
had a message that China's central bank unexpectedly raised
interest rates by 25 percentage points. Yesterday the People's
Bank of China decided to rise to October 20, 2010 the rate on
loans of one year before the 5.56% rate on deposits - up to 2.5%.
The decision was due to the government's intent to limit the
growth of inflation and asset prices. In addition, a decline of U.S.
stock market was also due to weak corporate reporting. Apple
Inc. reported that its net profit for the 2009-2010 fiscal year
ending September 25, 2010, increased by 70% to $ 14.01 billion,
revenue - by 52%. However, investors were disappointed the
sales data Tablet PCs iPad, which has sold just 4.2 million units,
while the expected sales of 5 million units. IBM also reported on
the results of the third quarter 2010: net profit for the period rose
12% to $ 3.6 billion, revenue - by 3%. However, the volume of
signed contracts for the provision of services from IBM during the
reporting period decreased by 7% to $ 11 billion in the first nine
months of 2010 net loss of Bank of America Corp. amounted to $
2 billion, compared with a profit of $ 2.99 billion a year earlier.
According to the bank, the results included a one-off "paper" loss
on $ 10.4 billion, which refers to the Global Card Services, as a
result of new regulations in the U.S., limiting the commission for
transactions with payment cards.
European share indexes on Tuesday also showed the majority of
growth amid reports of increasing interest rates in China. Also
disappointing macroeconomic statistics. The index of business
expectations in Germany in October 2010 was (-7.2) point
against (-4.3) points in September. Analysts had expected the
index was (-7) points.
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.
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