Asian stock indexes up to February 23, 2011

/IRBIS, February 23, 2011/ - As a result of trading February 23, 2011 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Feb. 23 , from the History max. ** 2011 a day* a month beginning of 2011 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- JCI 3,474.12 +0.67 +3.83 -6.19 3,786.10 SET 50 692.29 +0.50 +3.67 -3.87 915.03 SSEC 2,862.63 +0.25 +6.19 +1.94 6,092.06 HSI 22,906.90 -0.36 -3.76 -0.56 31,638.22 Kospi 1,961.63 -0.42 -5.79 -4.36 2,115.69 STI 3,001.85 -0.57 -5.77 -5.90 3,875.77 Nikkei 225 10,579.10 -0.80 +2.26 +3.42 18,261.98 ------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation Indexes of Asian stock markets today showed opposite changes. Pressure had a stress situation in Libya. On the eve of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave a speech in which he urged his supporters to crush a rebellion in the country. He also said he was not going to leave his post, prompting a new wave of outcry from the opposition and unrest among investors who believe the country is on the brink of civil war. From the country are leaving all the big investors. So, before BP, Royal Dutch/Shell, Statoil, Eni, Total and OMV have announced the suspension of operations in Libya and the withdrawal of its personnel and their families. The Spanish gas company Repsol today stopped production in Libya, and the German BASF. Also today, stopped working in the country and the National Iranian Oil Company. Libya is the 12 th largest world exporter of oil per day and sells 1.7 million barrels, or 2% of global oil exports. 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. [2011-02-23]