Stock indices of emerging markets by results on May 04, 2011

/IRBIS, 05.05.11/ -Following the results of the auctions on May 04, 2011, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. May 04,11 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- BSE Sensex 18,469.36 -0.35 -6.26 -10.17 20,893.57 MerVal 3,352.22 -0.68 -4.59 -7.61 3,664.82 PFTS 1,053.05 -0.69 -5.15 +6.61 1,208.61 Bovespa 63,615.50 -1.09 -8.73 -9.07 73,516.82 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- RTS 1,949.94 -1.36 -6.80 +8.20 2,487.92 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- MICEX 1,657.54 -2.00 -10.50 -3.29 1,969.91 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- MSCI EM 1,170.93 -1.25 -1.86 +0.64 1,338.49 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- KASE 1,692.10 -0.82 -3.95 -0.54 2,876.17 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of stock markets in developing countries, on Wednesday demonstrated a reduction in the backdrop of falling commodity prices, driven by weak macroeconomic data from the U.S. According to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), an index of business activity in the U.S. service sector in April 2011 fell to 52.8 points compared to 57.3 points in March. Analysts had expected growth rate to 57.5 points. ADP reported that the number of jobs in the private sector of the U.S. in April 2011 increased by 179 thousand, after rising to 201 thousand in March. Analysts had expected a more significant increase, by 198 thousand jobs. Bovespa (IBOV Index) - the index of 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, [2011-05-05]