Stock indices emerging markets by results on December 22, 2010

/IRBIS, December 23, 2010/ - Following the results of the auctions on December 22, 2010, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Dec. 22, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- --------- -------------- MerVal 3,476.26 +0.97 +6.61 +49.79 3,476.26 MICEX 1,682.61 +0.52 +8.53 +22.82 1,969.91 RTS 1,764.04 +0.46 +10.23 +22.11 2,487.92 Bovespa 68,470.76 +0.38 -1.67 -0.17 73,516.82 PFTS 919.15 +0.16 +11.96 +60.44 1,208.61 BSE Sensex 20,015.80 -0.22 +0.29 +14.61 20,893.57 MSCI EM 1,126.49 +0.19 +1.15 +13.85 1,338.49 KASE 1,682.18 +0.27 +1.67 -4.87 2,876.17 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indices of emerging markets on Wednesday have closed mostly in positive territory. Support was provided by the revision of U.S. GDP growth upwards. By the final assessment of the Ministry of Commerce, GDP growth in the third quarter of 2010 amounted to 2.6% in annual terms. Earlier, according to preliminary estimates, reported growth of 2.5%. The revision was due to the increase in the positive dynamics of consumer spending and the growth of foreign investments in the country, as well as growth in exports, private investment in stocks and government spending. Real consumer spending in the third quarter increased by 2.4%. Exports of goods and services grew by 6.8%. Real imports of goods and services grew by 16.8%. The growth of inventories amounted to $ 121.4 billion. Furthermore, good support was provided by increases in oil prices. Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy published a report that the oil reserves in the U.S. for the week that ended Dec. 17, 2010, decreased by 5.333 million barrels to 340.685 million Gasoline inventories rose by 2.400 million barrels to 217.173 million, and distillate stocks fell by 58 thousand barrels to 160.716 million. 50 stocks that are traded on the stock. commodity and futures exchanges in Sao Paulo. The index is calculated on the basis of changes in the theoretical portfolio of shares. Constituting 80% of the total trade over the past 12 months and at least 80% of the volume of trades of the day. BSE Sensex - the index based on a weighted average of the 30 most liquid stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). MERVAL Index - main index of the Buenos Aires stock market. calculated as the weighted average market value of a stock portfolio. selected according to their market share. number of transactions and value. PFTS Index - the index is calculated daily on the results of bidding Ukrainian PFTS stock exchange on the basis of weighted average price of transactions. The "index basket includes the most liquid stocks. which performed the greatest number of transactions. MICEX Ind - main index of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. including the 30 most liquid stocks of Russian issuers. RTSI - Russia's stock market index Stock Exchange RTS. Calculated on the basis of 50 securities of most capitalized Russian companies. MSCI EM - a composite index of stock market capitalization of emerging markets areas. Since May 2005. includes the index values 26 developing countries: Argentina. Brazil. Chile. China. Colombia. Czech Republic. Hungary. Egypt. India. Indonesia. Israel. Jordan. Korea. Malaysia. Mexico. Morocco. Pakistan. Peru. Philippines. Poland. Russia. South Africa. Thailand. Taiwan. Turkey and Venezuela. KASE Index - the index of the market shares of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. In a representative list of KASE index includes 7 shares. [2010-12-23]