Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of May 3, 2011

/IRBIS, May 4, 2011/ - As a result of trading May 3,2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: ---------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for -------------------- for hist. 02.05.11 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- FTSE,100 6,082.88 +0.21 +1.21 +1.15 8,105.69 Dow,Jones, 12,807.51 +0.001 +3.48 +9.74 13,727.03 CAC,40 4,096.84 -0.29 +1.04 +5.02 6,944.70 S&P,500, 1,356.62 -0.34 +1.82 +6.66 1,565.16 DAX 7,500.70 -0.36 +4.47 +7.31 8,136.16 MADX,INDX. 1,103.05 -0.39 +0.74 +9.55 1,724.95 Swiss 6,510.61 -0.52 +1.10 +0.26 9,531.46 BEL20 2,749.77 -0.67 +2.23 +4.48 4,756.82 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- NASDAQ 2,841.62 -0.78 +1.86 +5.58 5,048.62 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- MSCI,Europe 97.61 -0.53 +0.73 +1.57 144.21 ---------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Tuesday trading on the U.S. stock market ended a flat line amid falling metal prices, also influenced by conflicting corporate news. Macroeconomic news, published yesterday, was quite favorable. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the volume of industrial orders in March 2011 increased by 3%. Analysts had forecast growth of 2%. According to revised data, in February industrial orders amount increased by 0,7%, whereas the previously reported decline of 0.1%. Net profit of the world's largest by sales of pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. January-March 2011 rose 12% to $ 0.28 per share. Analysts had expected a more significant result, at $ 0.59 per share. Net income of one of the world's largest service companies of credit cards MasterCard Inc. in the first quarter of 2011 on year compared with the same period in 2010 increased by 23,5%, to $ 562 million in recalculation on one share of common stock Net income was $ 4.31 versus $ 3.47 in January-March 2010. Trades on European stock markets ended lower under pressure from falling prices for oil and metals. 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. [2011-05-04]