Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the October 19, 2010

/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: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Oct. 19, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- 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 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 91.91 -0.54 +0.83 +4.11 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** 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. [2010-10-20]