Stock Indexes of U.S. and Europe up to the March 29, 2011

/IRBIS, March 30, 2011/ - As a result of trading March 29, 2011 importance of indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe was: --------------------------------------------------------- Trend (in %) for ------------------------- Mar. 29, from the History 2011 a day* a month beginning max.** of 2011 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ---------- --------- NASDAQ 2,756.89 +0.96 -0.87 +3.92 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,319.44 +0.71 -0.03 +4.91 1,565.16 Dow Jones 12,279.01 +0.67 +1.22 +6.06 13,727.03 FTSE 100 5,932.17 +0.47 -1.15 +0.55 8,105.69 BEL20 2,669.31 +0.40 -0.86 +3.52 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,987.80 +0.27 -2.03 +4.81 6,944.70 DAX 6,934.44 -0.06 -3.49 +0.29 8,136.16 Swiss 6,355.06 -0.06 -2.79 -1.26 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 1,095.64 -0.28 -1.15 +9.16 1,724.95 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ---------- --------- MSCI Europe 95.67 +0.13 -2.74 +0.30 144.21 --------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation U.S. stock indexes on Tuesday showed a positive trend against the background of internal corporate news. As reported by Bloomberg, investors applauded the message about buying the American engineering giant General Electric Co. (GE) 90% stake in French Converteam, generating various equipment for the energy industry, for $3.2 billion, as the activation of transactions in M&A indicates good prospects for the global economy. The optimism of players in the market was supported by good reporting Lennar Corp. Also, one of the largest construction companies in the U.S. in the first quarter ended February 28, 2011, a net profit of $ 27.4 million. Stock trading in Europe closed multidirectional movement of the leading index. On the one hand, due to positive corporate news, including a favorable report of British building materials supplier Wolseley (+3.11%) and the British mining and metals company Kazakhmys (+0.1%). Negative impact on the market was the publication of weak macroeconomic statistics, as well as regular news from the rating agency Standard & Poor's, which lowered the sovereign ratings of Greece and Portugal. FTSE 100 Index - stock index, calculated Agency Financial Times based on rates 100 companies with the largest capitalization on the list of the London Stock Exchange. DAX - Germany's stock index. Calculated as weighted average capitalization value stock prices of the largest companies in Germany. CAC 40 - France's stock market index. Calculated as weighted average capitalization value stock prices 40 largest companies whose shares are traded on the stock exchange Euronext Paris. BEL20 - key stock index, Belgium. Calculated on the Brussels Stock Exchange. The index comprises 10 to 20 companies. MADX Index - main index of the Madrid area, calculated on the basis of capitalization of the shares of leading companies in Spain. SMI-includes shares of 20 largest companies traded on the Swiss Exchange. S&P 500 - one of the major U.S. stock indices, a basket which included 500 selected companies in the U.S. having the largest capitalization. DJIA - the oldest among the existing U.S. market indexes, covers the 30 largest U.S. companies. Nasdaq Composite Index - a composite index NASDAQ, includes more than five thousand companies (both American and foreign), which are in listing NASDAQ. MSCI Europe - a composite index of market capitalization of developed stock markets in Europe. Since March 2002, MSCI Europe Index consists of the following 16 developed market country indices: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. [2011-03-30]