Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the October 21, 2010

/IRBIS, October 22, 2010/ - As a result of trading October 21, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Oct. 21, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- DAX 6,611.01 +1.33 +5.34 +9.30 8,136.16 CAC 40 3,878.27 +1.31 +2.48 -3.38 6,944.70 BEL20 2,691.78 +0.84 +3.36 +4.98 4,756.82 Swiss 6,512.19 +0.54 +1.43 -1.80 9,531.46 FTSE 100 5,757.86 +0.50 +3.26 +4.68 8,105.69 Dow Jones 11,146.57 +0.35 +3.58 +5.32 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,180.26 +0.18 +3.55 +4.17 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,459.67 +0.09 +4.70 +6.55 5,048.62 MADX INDX. 1,120.75 -0.13 +0.95 -11.22 1,724.95 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 92.69 +0.52 +0.88 +5.00 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indexes of U.S. stock market on Thursday closed down the growth against the backdrop of favorable macroeconomic data and corporate reports. The index of leading U.S. economic indicators on the results of September 2010 increased by 0.3%. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of initial claims for payment of unemployment benefits for the week ended October 16 fell by 23 thousand to 452 thousand Analysts expected value of the index was 455 thousand had also supported the statement of President Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard that at the next meeting of the Open Market will be considered an offer to buy Treasury securities with a gradual buildup of small amounts to revive the U.S. economy. Committee Meeting held in early November. As the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the initial volume of purchases of $ 100 billion fast-food chain McDonald's Corp. reported that in the third quarter 2010 profit rose to $ 1.32 a share, expecting $ 1.25. Net income Engineering Corporation Caterpillar Inc., Available for distribution to shareholders, in the third quarter of 2010 grew by nearly 2-fold to $ 792 million revenue growth was 52.67%. European stock indices also showed an increase on the background of the positive opening of trading in the U.S.. Net profit of the world's largest cell phone manufacturer Nokia in the third quarter of 2010 amounted to 529 million euros against 559 million in damages euros a year earlier. Operating profit for the quarter totaled 403 million euros. With sales of the world's largest yogurt Groupe Danone SA in the third quarter of 2010 grew 15% to 4.35 billion euros against 3.78 billion euros a year earlier. 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. [2010-10-22]