Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the January 12, 2011

/IRBIS, January 13, 2011/ - As a result of trading January 12, 2011 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Jan. 12, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 1,028.77 +5.61 -0.43 -18.50 1,724.95 CAC 40 3,945.07 +2.15 +1.35 -1.72 6,944.70 DAX 7,068.78 +1.83 +0.56 +16.87 8,136.16 BEL20 2,626.40 +1.81 -0.40 +2.43 4,756.82 Swiss 6,613.75 +1.21 +1.45 -0.27 9,531.46 S&P 500 1,285.96 +0.90 +3.67 +13.50 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,737.33 +0.75 +4.28 +18.58 5,048.62 Dow Jones 11,755.44 +0.72 +2.86 +11.07 13,727.03 FTSE 100 6,050.72 +0.61 +3.24 +10.01 8,105.69 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 98.88 +1.34 +3.12 +12.01 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** 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 Wednesday ended with the growth of the major indexes. Support was provided by reports of successful placement of Portugal, its notes with various maturities, as a result of the auction the country's government managed to attract 1.25 billion euros. Earlier, Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira Portugal dos Santos said that the country is unlikely to need international financial assistance, and the government takes all necessary measures to reduce the high level of debt. U.S. Labor Department reported yesterday that prices of imported goods and services in December 2010 increased by 1.1% compared with the previous month. While export prices in December 2010 increased by 0.7%. In November of this year, prices for imported goods and services in the U.S., according to updated data, increased by 1.5% (previously reported growth of 1.3%), prices of export goods and services also rose 1.5% (which coincided with the previously published data). In Europe, also published a good statistics. Industrial output in the euro area in November 2010 compared with the previous month increased by 1.2%. Analysts had expected growth rate at 0.5%. Germany's GDP for 2010 in real terms increased by 3.6% in 2009, a decline of 4.7%. Data on UK trade deficit in November 2010, by contrast, were above expectations. Figure compared with the previous month rose to 8.74 billion pounds. Analysts had forecast a trade deficit at 8.35 billion pounds. 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. [2011-01-13]