Asian stock indexes up to February 24, 2011

24.02.11 18:49
/IRBIS, February 24, 2011/ - As a result of trading February 24, 2011 Value of Asian stock indexes sites was as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Feb. 24 , from the History max. ** 2011 a day* a month beginning of 2011 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------------- SSEC 2,878.60 +0.56 +7.51 +2.51 6,092.06 Kospi 1,949.88 -0.60 -6.56 -4.93 2,115.69 STI 2,973.08 -0.96 -6.54 -6.80 3,875.77 JCI 3,439.13 -1.01 +0.15 -7.14 3,786.10 Nikkei 225 10,452.71 -1.19 -0.11 +2.19 18,261.98 HSI 22,601.04 -1.34 -4.99 -1.89 31,638.22 SET 50 682.18 -1.46 +2.44 -5.28 915.03 ------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows,sorted,in,descending,order,a,day ** historic,maximum,for,the,whole,history,of,index,calculation Indexes Asian stock markets continued to fall today, the pressure continues to increase in tension around the situation in Libya. Oil prices rise above $ 100 a barrel amid fears that the third-largest supplier of "black gold" in Africa to cut off supplies to Europe. Earlier, on February 22 has a message appears stating that oil supplies from the ports of Libya temporarily suspended, and gas supplies from the African country is gradually shrinking. According to OPEC, oil production in Libya was reduced from 1.6 million to 1.1 million barrels per day after a strike of workers at one of the largest deposits Nafura in the central part of the country, as well as clotting activity of foreign companies in the country. The bulk of oil production, Libya exported to Europe. The share of Italy's total oil exports amounted to 32% -14% in Germany, France - 10%, Asian - 13%, China - 10%, USA - 5%. The world community demands that the current leader Mr. Moammar Gadhafi to end the bloodshed, but the latter is not configured to go to the persuasions of any of the people of their own country or world leaders. Investors also fear that a wave of Arab revolution may spread and Saudi Arabia, which is one of the largest suppliers of oil to world markets. Crude oil production by Saudi Arabia in January 2011 totaled 8.4 million barrels per day, representing 9.4% of all world oil production. King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, going on ahead, had already announced an increase in measures of social support, whose size will be about $ 36 billion, in particular, involves the growth of salaries of civil servants by 15%, which is to cover inflation. In addition, the king promised to defer payments on loans the debtors who are in prison, as well as to help students and the unemployed. 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. [2011-02-24]