Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the December 2, 2010

/IRBIS, December 3, 2010/ - As a result of trading December 2, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Dec. 2, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 1,015.55 +2.79 -8.05 -19.55 1,724.95 FTSE 100 5,767.56 +2.22 +0.18 +4.86 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,747.04 +2.12 -3.07 -6.65 6,944.70 BEL20 2,617.20 +2.00 -2.95 +2.08 4,756.82 DAX 6,957.61 +1.32 +4.56 +15.03 8,136.16 S&P 500 1,221.53 +1.28 +2.34 +7.81 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,579.35 +1.17 +1.81 +11.74 5,048.62 Swiss 6,483.44 +1.15 -0.89 -2.23 9,531.46 Dow Jones 11,362.41 +0.95 +1.55 +7.35 13,727.03 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 94.06 +1.63 +1.43 +6.55 144.21 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of the U.S. stock market on Thursday closed again a significant increase in the support of a favorable background for the European and Asian markets. Somewhat disappointed before opening the bidding report U.S. Department of Labor that the number of initial claims for unemployment benefit for the week ended Nov. 27 rose to 436 thousand Economists had expected growth of only up to 425 thousand good support provided data from the National Association of Realtors USA (NAR), according to which the index of signed contracts for the sale of housing in October 2010 increased by 10.4% to 89.3. According to ShopperTrak, cumulative sales in U.S. stores on Black Friday (Friday after Thanksgiving) increased by 0.3% compared to the same period last year, to $ 10.69 billion, the number of shoppers - by 2.2% . Slight increase in sales was due to the fact that this year retailers have started offering discounts on products earlier than usual. European stocks also continued to rise on Thursday. Yesterday a meeting of the ECB's Governing Council, following which it was decided to leave interest rates unchanged at 1%. At the same time, the ECB, against market expectations, has not announced the expansion of the program buying up government bonds. Macroeconomic statistics, published in the EU, generally in line with analysts' expectations. According to some data, GDP in the Euro zone in the third quarter of 2010 increased by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter, which coincided with the expectations of analysts. Industrial prices in the euro area in October rose by 0.4%. Analysts had forecast growth rate on 0.3%. The unemployment rate in France in the third quarter of 2010 relative to the second quarter remained unchanged at 9.7%, with the expected 9.8%. 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 December 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. [2010-12-03]