Stock indices emerging markets by results on February 17, 2011

/IRBIS, February 18, 2011/ - Following the results of the auctions on February 17, 2011, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Feb. 17, 2011 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------- ------ ------- --------- -------------- BSE Sensex 18,506.82 +1.13 -1.99 -9.76 20,893.57 PFTS 1,137.61 +0.45 +10.34 +16.67 1,208.61 Bovespa 67,684.99 +0.17 -4.14 -2.34 73,516.82 MerVal 3,538.38 -0.20 -0.70 +0.42 3,664.82 RTS 1,871.59 -0.31 -1.58 +5.72 2,487.92 MICEX 1,692.91 -0.83 -4.44 +0.29 1,969.91 MSCI EM 1,111.92 +0.30 -3.69 -3.43 1,338.49 KASE 1,846.78 -1.09 +2.79 +7.49 2,876.17 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indices of emerging markets on Thursday showed a mixed trend. In the U.S., were published mixed macroeconomic data. PMI Philadelphia Fed in February 2011 rose to 35.9 points versus 19.3 points in January 2011. Analysts expect the index was 20.5 points. In this case, other statistics, published yesterday, was not so optimistic. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ending Feb. 12 rose by 25.0 thousand to 410.0 thousand Analysts had expected that the number of applications will grow only up to 400.0 thousand In addition, it became known that the consumer price index adjusted for seasonal fluctuations in January 2011 increased by 0.4% compared with December, when growth is expected at 0.3%. Base index, which does not include volatile energy prices and food prices, rose by 0.2%. Support emerging markets index has also had a message of the Ministry of Commerce of India that the index measuring the wholesale prices of agricultural products raised by 11.05% for week ending 05 February, on an annualized basis. Investors embraced the message is positive, since the growth of food inflation slowed down (the previous week, the index rose by 13.07%). 50 stocks that are traded on the stock. commodity and futures exchanges in Sao Paulo. The index is calculated on the basis of changes in the theoretical portfolio of shares. Constituting 80% of the total trade over the past 12 months and at least 80% of the volume of trades of the day. BSE Sensex - the index based on a weighted average of the 30 most liquid stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). MERVAL Index - main index of the Buenos Aires stock market. calculated as the weighted average market value of a stock portfolio. selected according to their market share. number of transactions and value. PFTS Index - the index is calculated daily on the results of bidding Ukrainian PFTS stock exchange on the basis of weighted average price of transactions. The "index basket includes the most liquid stocks. which performed the greatest number of transactions. MICEX Ind - main index of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. including the 30 most liquid stocks of Russian issuers. RTSI - Russia's stock market index Stock Exchange RTS. Calculated on the basis of 50 securities of most capitalized Russian companies. MSCI EM - a composite index of stock market capitalization of emerging markets areas. Since May 2005. includes the index values 26 developing countries: Argentina. Brazil. Chile. China. Colombia. Czech Republic. Hungary. Egypt. India. Indonesia. Israel. Jordan. Korea. Malaysia. Mexico. Morocco. Pakistan. Peru. Philippines. Poland. Russia. South Africa. Thailand. Taiwan. Turkey and Venezuela. KASE Index - the index of the market shares of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange. In a representative list of KASE index includes 7 shares. [2011-02-18]