Stock indices emerging markets by results on March 1, 2011

/IRBIS, March 2, 2011/ - Following the results of the auctions on March 1, 2011, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: --------------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------ Mar. 1, 2011 from the History max.** a day* a month beginning of 2010 ---------- ------------ ------ ------- --------- -------------- BSE Sensex 18,446.50 +3.50 -2.76 -10.06 20,893.57 PFTS 1,131.94 +0.68 +6.60 +16.09 1,208.61 RTS 1,962.66 -0.37 +5.33 +10.87 2,487.92 MerVal 3,426.86 -0.83 -4.94 -2.75 3,664.82 MICEX 1,758.44 -1.09 +2.46 +4.17 1,969.91 Bovespa 66,242.63 -1.69 -4.59 -4.42 73,516.82 MSCI EM 1,112.15 +0.40 -2.09 -3.41 1,338.49 KASE 1,840.86 +1.38 +2.55 +7.15 2,876.17 --------------------------------------------------------------- ** rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indices in emerging markets finished the session on Tuesday opposite changes. On the one hand, support was provided by growth on Asian markets on the eve on the background of favorable macro-economic news from China and Japan. In January 2011 unemployment rate in Japan was 4.9%, seasonally adjusted. Analysts also expect that, compared with December 2010 the unemployment rate will not change. In addition, the positive mood of investors also contributed a message that the business activity index in the PMI industry in China in February fell to 52.2% from 52.9% in January 2011. Analysts expect the value of the index will be 52.1%. In addition, support for the Asian markets also had a weakening of the yen against the U.S. dollar. On the other hand pressure has increased investors' fears about the spread of popular uprisings in other countries in the Middle East and North Africa and the associated breakdown in the supply of "black gold" on the world markets. In particular, investors' fear of that the turmoil could spill over and the biggest suppliers of oil in OPEC, Iran and Saudi Arabia. There were reports of clashes with protesters by security forces in Iran. In addition, the riots begin, and in Oman, may begin in Iraq. Against this backdrop, investors ignored the statement of the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that rising oil prices are not a threat to the U.S. economy. He noted that the rise in prices, caused in part by a wave of pro-democracy sentiment, will not significantly influence either the rate of growth of the U.S. economy or the inflation rate. 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. [2011-03-02]