Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the January 14, 2011

/IRBIS, January 17, 2011/ - As a result of trading January 14, 2011 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Jan. 14, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- S&P 500 1,293.24 +0.74 +4.70 +14.14 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,755.30 +0.73 +5.28 +19.36 5,048.62 Dow Jones 11,787.38 +0.47 +2.88 +11.37 13,727.03 CAC 40 3,983.28 +0.21 +2.66 -0.76 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 1,059.45 +0.13 +3.90 -16.07 1,724.95 DAX 7,075.70 +0.01 +0.85 +16.99 8,136.16 Swiss 6,556.09 -0.10 -0.07 -1.14 9,531.46 FTSE 100 6,002.07 -0.36 +2.04 +9.12 8,105.69 BEL20 2,621.31 -0.43 -0.07 +2.24 4,756.82 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 98.15 -0.10 +2.55 +11.18 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market on Friday ended the growth of the major indexes. Support was provided by corporate news. Net profit of JPMorgan Chase & Co by the end of 2010 rose to a record $ 17.4 billion, revenues rose 2% to $ 102.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010 net profit rose 47% to $ 4.83 billion in revenue increased by 13% to $ 26.1 billion, also were supported by the news that industrial output in the U.S. in December 2010 increased by 0.8% in monthly terms. Analysts expect that figure to increase by 0.5%. U.S. consumer prices in December 2010 grew at the fastest pace since June 2009, the Consumer Price Index, subject to adjustment for seasonal variations, rose by 0,5%. Core inflation in December was only 0.1%. In this case, pressure was exerted by the news that consumer confidence in the U.S., calculated the University of Michigan, according to preliminary data, in January 2011 decreased by 1.8 points and made 72.7 points. Analysts had expected the index was 75.5 points. The index of current economic conditions in January compared to December fell by 5.5 points and made 79.8 points, the index of consumer expectations rose 0.7 points to 68.2 points. In addition, investors were disappointed the news about lack of growth in retail sales in the U.S. in December. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, retail sales in December rose by 0.6%. Economists had expected sales growth to 0.9%. European stock indexes closed areas differently. Pressure was weak statistics from the U.S. Consumer prices in the euro zone, according to final data, in December 2010 on an annualized basis rose by 2.2%. Trade deficit of the euro zone in November 2010 totaled 0.4 billion euros, according to Euro stat. Analysts had expected the trade surplus amounted to 3.3 billion euros. Consumer prices in Germany in December 2010, according to final data, on an annualized basis rose by 1.7%. Industrial prices in the UK in December 2010 increased by 4.2% compared with December 2009. 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. [2011-01-17]