Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the January 17, 2011

/IRBIS, January 18, 2011/ - As a result of trading January 17, 2011 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Jan. 17, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- Swiss 6,578.17 +0.34 +0.27 -0.80 9,531.46 DAX 7,078.06 +0.03 +0.88 +17.03 8,136.16 BEL20 2,621.42 +0.004 -0.06 +2.24 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,975.41 -0.20 +2.45 -0.96 6,944.70 FTSE 100 5,985.70 -0.27 +1.76 +8.82 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 1,048.31 -1.05 +2.81 -16.96 1,724.95 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 98.26 +0.11 +2.66 +11.30 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock markets in Europe on Monday ended with multidirectional changes in the major indexes amid expectations by investors of the results of the meeting of finance ministers in Brussels. Following the meeting, are expected to produce new EU strategy for curbing the spread of the debt crisis in the euro area. In the spotlight - a decision to increase the size of the European Foundation for financial stability. In addition, the impact on sentiment in the markets also provided corporate news. According to unofficial reports, the corporation Johnson & Johnson is considering the acquisition of the British manufacturer of prosthetic feet of Smith & Nephew. Against this background, the paper Smith & Nephew have grown on 3.5%. The U.S. market was closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day 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. [2011-01-18]