Asian stock indexes up to October 20, 2010

/IRBIS, October 20, 2010/ - As a result of trading October 20, 2010 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Oct. 20, from the History max. ** 2010 a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- Kospi 1,870.44 +0.71 +2.06 +11.15 2,064.85 SSEC 3,003.95 +0.07 +16.04 -8.34 6,092.06 SET 50 683.53 -0.30 +8.05 +31.27 915.03 JCI 3,578.95 -0.39 +6.17 +41.22 3,603.40 STI 3,179.15 -0.41 +3.19 +9.72 3,875.77 HSI 23,556.50 -0.87 +7.19 +7.70 31,638.22 Nikkei 225 9,381.60 -1.65 -2.54 -11.04 18,261.98 ------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation Indexes Asian stock markets closed mostly lower today. The pressure exerted news about the rate hike by the central bank of China, as well as weak corporate reports of U.S. companies. Recall the People's Bank of China on Tuesday unexpectedly raised interest rates for the first time in nearly three years, confirming that concerned about rising asset prices and the persistent acceleration in inflation. Were increased annual deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points each since October 20. Thus, on October 20 a key interest rate (for loans in RMB for one year) increased to 5.56% annual interest rate on deposits in yuan - up to 2.5%. Growth in consumer prices in the country in August was 3.5% annualized, and economists expect the inflation rate accelerated to 3.6% in September. 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. 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. [2010-10-20]