Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the December 28, 2010

/IRBIS, December 29, 2010/ - As a result of trading December 28, 2010 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Dec. 28, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- Dow Jones 11,575.54 +0.18 +4.36 +9.37 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,258.51 +0.08 +5.81 +11.08 1,565.16 MADX INDX. 1,008.04 +0.05 +3.39 -20.15 1,724.95 DAX 6,972.10 +0.02 +1.80 +15.27 8,136.16 Swiss 6,569.06 +0.01 +1.32 -0.94 9,531.46 CAC 40 3,858.72 -0.09 +3.49 -3.87 6,944.70 NASDAQ 2,662.88 -0.16 +5.06 +15.36 5,048.62 BEL20 2,592.31 -0.19 +0.48 +1.11 4,756.82 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 96.79 +0.21 +4.79 +9.64 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market on Tuesday has finished at floating line. The pressure exerted weak macroeconomic data. U.S. consumer confidence index, calculated Conference Board, fell in December 2010 to 52.5 points. Analysts had expected the value of 56.3 points. According to revised data, in November, the value index was 54.3 points, previously reported on 54.1 points. House price index for 20 major U.S. cities, S & P/Case-Shiller Index, for October 2010 decreased by 1.3%, while analysts expected a decline of only 0.2%. European stocks finished the session a slight increase against the background of weak trading activity in anticipation of the New Year. In addition, small trading volumes were also due to the closure of the UK market on December 28. 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. [2010-12-29]