Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the November 26, 2010

/IRBIS, November 29, 2010/ - As a result of trading November 26, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Nov. 26, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- Swiss 6,483.56 -0.29 +0.07 -2.23 9,531.46 NASDAQ 2,534.56 -0.34 +1.25 +9.80 5,048.62 MSCI Europe 92.37 -0.43 +0.65 +4.63 144.21 DAX 6,848.98 -0.45 +4.28 +13.24 8,136.16 FTSE 100 5,668.70 -0.53 +0.40 +3.06 8,105.69 S&P 500 1,189.40 -0.75 +0.59 +4.98 1,565.16 BEL20 2,579.81 -0.83 -3.48 +0.62 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,728.65 -0.84 -2.28 -7.11 6,944.70 Dow Jones 11,092.00 -0.85 -0.31 +4.80 13,727.03 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 975.02 -1.87 -11.38 -22.76 1,724.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of stock markets in the U.S. and Europe were closed Friday in negative territory. Session of the United States was shortened due to the Christmas season discounts, major macroeconomic data this afternoon has not been published, so investors have focused their attention on events in other markets. Smart investors have caused excitement EU countries also suffer from the problem of excessive budget deficits. For such a potentially "dangerous" countries that might be next after Greece and Ireland, are Spain and Portugal. In the markets there is information that the ECB, together with other EU countries are trying to convince the Government of Portugal as soon as possible to apply for financial aid until their problems are not spread to other countries in the Euro zone. Portugal's parliament on Friday approved a budget for 2011, according to which included a reduction in the deficit to 4.6% of GDP in 2011 from the projected 7.3% in 2010. Reducing the budget deficit will be provided in the public sector wage cuts, benefits and other social payments, as well as the increase in the value-added tax to 23%. Against this backdrop, senior officials of the European countries once again began to debate about what is necessary to increase the size of the European stabilization fund from the current 750 billion euros to 1.5 trillion Euros. 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. [2010-11-29]