Stock indices emerging markets by results on December 23, 2010

/IRBIS, December 24, 2010/ - Following the results of the auctions on December 23, 2010, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Dec. 23, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- --------- -------------- PFTS 938.71 +2.13 +15.36 +63.85 1,208.61 MICEX 1,684.52 +0.11 +9.61 +22.96 1,969.91 RTS 1,765.94 +0.11 +12.23 +22.24 2,487.92 Bovespa 68,485.96 +0.02 +0.78 -0.15 73,516.82 MerVal 3,476.42 +0.005 +8.60 +49.80 3,476.42 BSE Sensex 19,982.88 -0.16 +1.48 +14.42 20,893.57 MSCI EM 1,127.78 +0.11 +3.47 +13.98 1,338.49 KASE 1,695.63 +0.80 +3.51 -4.11 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 Thursday closed mostly in positive territory. Support was provided by good macroeconomic reports, published in the United States. Orders for durable goods in the U.S. in November 2010 fell more than expected. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, in November 2010, orders for durable goods without transport sector grew by 2.4%, excluding the defense sector - 2.6%. Consumer sentiment index at Michigan State University in December 2010, according to revised data, rose to 74.5% from 71.6% in November. Specified value coincided with analysts' expectations. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the volume of consumer incomes in November 2010 increased by 0.3%, consumer spending - by 0.4%. Analysts were expecting revenue growth at 0.2% and expenditure growth at 0.5%. In addition, the Ministry of Labor reported that the number of initial applications for payment of unemployment benefits for the week that ended Dec. 18 fell to 420 thousand, which coincided with the expectations of analysts. In this case, according to updated data, the number of initial applications for payment of unemployment benefits for the week that ended Dec. 11 amounted to 423 thousand, not 420 thousand, as previously reported. However, some pressure was put investors' concerns that the adoption of the Chinese government for additional measures to combat overheating of certain sectors of the economy. Ministry of Commerce of China published a decree according to which state agencies must suspend the approval process for some foreign investment in real estate with the aim of reducing speculative transactions. 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. [2010-12-24]