Stock indices of emerging markets by results on May 05, 2011

/IRBIS, May 06, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on May 05, 2011, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------------------------------------- beginning Hist. May 05,11 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- Bovespa 63,407.01 -0.33 -9.21 -9.37 73,516.82 MICEX 1,644.92 -0.76 -11.00 -4.03 1,969.91 MerVal 3,305.69 -1.39 -5.85 -8.90 3,664.82 BSE Sensex 18,210.58 -1.40 -7.50 -11.43 20,893.57 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- RTS 1,916.33 -1.72 -8.25 +6.33 2,487.92 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- PFTS 1,032.80 -1.92 -5.77 +4.56 1,208.61 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- MSCI EM 1,161.68 -0.79 -2.77 -0.16 1,338.49 ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- KASE 1,690.97 -0.07 -4.44 -0.61 2,876.17 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of stock markets of developing countries on Thursday again showed a reduction of the background of a sharp drop in oil prices. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ended April 30 rose by 43 thousand to 474 thousand Analysts expected value of 410 thousand Moreover, according to revised data, the number of initial claims for the week, which ended April 23 amounted to 431 thousand, whereas the previously reported 429 thousand applications. 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, [2011-05-06]