Asian stock indexes up to February 10, 2011

/IRBIS, February 10, 2011/ - As a result of trading February 10, 2011 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Feb. 10 , from the History max. ** 2011 a day* a month beginning of 2011 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- SSEC 2,818.16 +1.59 +0.50 +0.36 6,092.06 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- Nikkei 225 10,605.65 -0.11 +0.90 +3.68 18,261.98 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- JCI 3,373.64 -1.28 -2.36 -8.91 3,786.10 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- STI 3,103.39 -1.50 -4.26 -2.72 3,875.77 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- Kospi 2,008.50 -1.81 -3.82 -2.07 2,115.69 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- HSI 22,708.62 -1.97 -4.43 -1.42 31,638.22 SET 50 655.86 -2.43 -6.58 -8.93 915.03 ------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation Indexes of Asian stock markets today have once again demonstrated predominantly decline. Investors fear that other governments in the region, followed by the Chinese authorities to take measures to tighten monetary policy to curb the growth of inflationary pressures. Recall from 9 February 2011 the People's Bank of China raised key interest rates on loans and deposits by 25 basis points. Thus, the lending rate for 1 year increased to 6.06% annual interest rate on deposits - up to 3%. Last week, Indonesia's central bank increased borrowing costs for the first time in more than two years, after inflation accelerated in January to 21-month high. Investors expect the Bank of Korea may also increase the rate on seven-day loans and take a decision at its meeting on 11 February. Also, pressure was a statement Fed chairman Mr. Ben Bernanke that the U.S. employment market is slowly recovering. He noted that in the next few years, the U.S. economy continues to recover at a moderate pace, and the dynamics of the new hires will be moderate. Nevertheless, the Fed chief still has that data on unemployment in the U.S. in December 2010 and January 2011 contributes to some optimism in the labor market. HSI - Hong Kong Stock Exchange's main index calculated on the basis of shares of 45 companies whose capitalization is 67% Hong Kong Stock Exchange. SSEC - the key index calculated based price changes for all papers A and B Listing Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange. STI - Singapore's main stock index sites calculated FTSE on the basis of changes in capitalization of 30 stocks included in the SGX Mainboard. Nikkei 225 - Japan's major stock index is calculated as a weighted average of prices of shares 225 most actively traded companies' first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. List of companies covered by the Nikkei 225 index is reviewed at least once a year in February. JCI - calculated on the basis of capitalization of all shares of customary Listing Indonesia Stock Exchange. KOSPI - Korean stock index which includes all companies whose shares are traded on the Korea Stock Exchange. SET 50 - calculated on the basis of the 50 most liquid shares having a maximum capitalization on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. [2011-02-10]