Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the November 5, 2010
08.11.10 17:30
/IRBIS, November 8, 2010/ - As a result of trading November 5, 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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Nov. 5, 2010 from the History max.**
a day* a month beginning
of 2010
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S&P 500 1,225.85 +0.39 +5.68 +8.20 1,565.16
DAX 6,754.20 +0.29 +7.71 +11.67 8,136.16
FTSE 100 5,875.35 +0.21 +3.41 +6.82 8,105.69
Dow Jones 11,444.08 +0.08 +4.34 +8.13 13,727.03
NASDAQ 2,578.98 +0.06 +8.33 +11.72 5,048.62
CAC 40 3,916.73 -0.001 +4.03 -2.42 6,944.70
Swiss 6,587.72 -0.12 +3.73 -0.66 9,531.46
BEL20 2,686.09 -0.90 +2.78 +4.76 4,756.82
MADX INDX. 1,068.19 -1.68 -3.08 -15.38 1,724.95
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MSCI Europe 94.29 +0.43 +3.65 +6.81 144.21
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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 on Friday closed again a slight
increase. Support was provided by the macroeconomic data.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of jobs in
non-agricultural sectors in October 2010 increased by 151.0
thousand This growth was driven by an increase in jobs in the
private sector at 159.0 thousand Analysts had expected that the
number of jobs outside agriculture in October will increase by
60.0 thousand unemployment rate in October remained
unchanged at 9.6%. In addition, the impact on investor sentiment
continues to up the meeting Federal Open Market Committee
Fed. As indicated in the message the Fed, the regulator has
decided to extend the bond buyback program to $ 600 billion by
the end of the second quarter of 2011, monthly redemption of
securities of $ 75 billion.
European share indexes on Friday showed multidirectional
dynamics. Support was provided by the macroeconomic news
from the U.S. The pressure has had a drop in shares of the
banking sector amid growing investor concern about the
problems of Ireland and Iceland.
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 November 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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