Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the January 20, 2011

/IRBIS, January 21, 2011/ - As a result of trading January 20, 2011 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Jan. 20, 2010 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MADX INDX. 1,085.27 +0.73 +4.62 -14.03 1,724.95 Dow Jones 11,822.80 -0.02 +2.51 +11.70 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,280.26 -0.13 +2.05 +13.00 1,565.16 CAC 40 3,964.84 -0.30 +0.95 -1.22 6,944.70 BEL20 2,626.24 -0.55 -0.18 +2.43 4,756.82 Swiss 6,513.50 -0.70 -0.68 -1.78 9,531.46 NASDAQ 2,704.29 -0.77 +1.38 +17.15 5,048.62 DAX 7,024.27 -0.83 -0.76 +16.14 8,136.16 FTSE 100 5,867.91 -1.82 -1.41 +6.68 8,105.69 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ---------- -------------- MSCI Europe 96.67 -1.18 -0.61 +9.50 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock markets of USA and European countries on Thursday resulted in declining the major indexes. Pressure had the news from China. Yesterday was published official data on inflation and GDP in 2010. According to the State Statistical Bureau of China, the consumer price index in 2010 rose by 3.3%. In the December inflation rate slowed to 4.6% from 5.1% in November 2010. Previously the PRC authorities intended to keep inflation under 3% at the end of 2010. In this case, up to 2010 the growth of China's economy accelerated to 10.3% from 9.2% in 2009. In the fourth quarter GDP growth accelerated to 9.8%, after rising 9.6% in the previous quarter. Analysts had expected a quarterly growth rate of 9.2%. Against this backdrop, intensified investors' fears that the Chinese government will continue to take measures to tighten monetary policy to curb inflation and the emergence of bubbles in asset markets. On Thursday it became known that the index of business activity in the Philadelphia Fed's January 2011 amounted to 19.3 points versus 20.8 in December 2010. Analysts expect the index will be 19.5 points. Other macroeconomic statistics, published in the United States was strong enough. According to the Ministry of Labor of the country, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ended Jan. 15 decreased by 37 thousand to 404 thousand applications. Analysts had expected values of 425 thousand for the prior period value of the index was revised downwards to 441 thousand from 445 thousand, which were reported earlier. According to the National Association of Realtors, sales of homes on the secondary market in December 2010 increased by 12.3% and amounted to 5.28 million homes. Analysts had expected that this figure will be 4.89 million homes. According to revised data for November home sales in the secondary market amounted to 4.70 million, while the previously reported 4.68 million units. Index of leading economic indicators in the U.S., calculated Conference Board, in December 2010 increased by 1.0% compared with November. Economists expected the index to increase by 0.6%. 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. [2011-01-21]