/IRBIS, December 27, 2010/ - As a result of trading December 24, 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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            Dec. 24, 2010                  from the History max.**
                          a day* a month  beginning
                                            of 2010
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FTSE 100         6,008.92  +0.21   +7.66      +9.25       8,105.69
CAC 40           3,900.39  -0.28   +4.72      -2.83       6,944.70
BEL20            2,625.84  -0.38   +1.61      +2.41       4,756.82
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MSCI Europe         97.40  -0.10   +6.62     +10.33         144.21
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** rows sorted in descending order a day
** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation 

U.S. stock markets and some European countries were closed on Friday in observance of Christmas. European markets have closed a small decrease in indexes on the background of fixed income investors in the eve of the festive holidays. Trading activity in the markets was low.

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.

[2010-12-27]