Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the January 11, 2011

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/IRBIS, January 12, 2011/ - As a result of trading January 11, 2011 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Jan. 11, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- CAC 40 3,861.92 +1.58 +0.12 -3.79 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 974.14 +1.50 -5.49 -22.83 1,724.95 Swiss 6,534.84 +1.37 +0.24 -1.46 9,531.46 DAX 6,941.57 +1.23 -0.922 +14.77 8,136.16 FTSE 100 6,014.03 +0.97 +3.46 +9.34 8,105.69 BEL20 2,579.70 +0.96 -1.84 +0.61 4,756.82 S&P 500 1,274.48 +0.37 +2.75 +12.49 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,716.83 +0.33 +3.01 +17.69 5,048.62 Dow Jones 11,671.88 +0.30 +2.29 +10.28 13,727.03 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 97.57 +1.23 +2.04 +10.52 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock markets of USA and Europe on Tuesday ended with the growth of the major indexes. Support was provided by corporate news. Net profit for the Alcoa Aluminum Group in 2010 amounted to $ 392 million compared with a loss of $ 1.09 billion in 2009. In the fourth quarter 2010 net income was $ 292 million ($ 0.34 per share). In the fourth quarter of 2009 were recorded losses of $ 268 million ($ 0.09 per share). The company's revenue for 2010 rose 13% to $ 21.013 billion compared with $ 18.439 billion in 2009. Revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010 reached $ 5.652 billion, up 4% over the same period in 2009. In addition, support was provided by the Finance Minister of Japan Yoshihiko Noda that Tokyo is considering the purchase of more than 20% market of the European Foundation for Financial Stability. 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 January 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. [2011-01-12]