Stock indices emerging markets by results on December 30, 2010

/IRBIS, December 31, 2010/ - Following the results of the auctions on December 30, 2010, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Dec. 30, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- --------- -------------- BSE Sensex 20,389.07 +0.66 +4.45 +16.74 20,893.57 MICEX 1,687.99 +0.61 +7.82 +23.21 1,969.91 Bovespa 69,304.81 +0.51 +2.36 +1.04 73,516.82 RTS 1,770.28 +0.14 +10.83 +22.54 2,487.92 MerVal 3,523.59 +0.03 +8.04 +51.83 3,523.59 PFTS 969.56 -0.12 +15.67 +69.23 1,208.61 MSCI EM 1,145.79 +0.78 +6.50 +15.80 1,338.49 KASE 1,708.18 +0.43 +6.73 -3.40 2,876.17 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indices in emerging markets have closed higher on Thursday. MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose to a seven-week high. Investors believe that emerging markets are most attractive for investment in the coming year. Support was also provided positive macroeconomic news from the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week that ended Dec. 25 fell by 34 thousand to 388 thousand Analysts predicted that the value of the index will be 415 thousand for the revised data, the number of initial claims for the week , which ended Dec. 18 amounted to 422 thousand against the previously reported 420 thousand according to the National Association of Realtors, the number of signed contracts for the sale of housing in the United States in November 2010 increased by 3.5% to its highest level in seven months. Business activity index, calculated Managers Association of Chicago (PMI), in December 2010 rose to 68.6 points from 62.5 points. Analysts expect the value of the index will be 61.0 point. 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. [2010-12-31]