Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of May 9, 2011

/IRBIS, May 10, 2011/ - As a result of trading May 9, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: ---------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for ------ ------- ----- for hist. 05.05.11 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- NASDAQ 2,843.25 +0.55 +1.87 +5.64 5,048.62 S&P,500, 1,346.29 +0.45 +1.03 +5.85 1,565.16 Dow,Jones, 12,684.68 +0.36 +2.35 +8.69 13,727.03 BEL20 2,694.68 -0.28 -0.13 +2.39 4,756.82 FTSE,100 5,942.69 -0.57 -1.07 -1.18 8,105.69 Swiss 6,476.89 -0.76 +0.72 -0.26 9,531.46 DAX 7,410.52 -1.09 +3.28 +6.02 8,136.16 CAC,40 4,007.26 -1.25 -0.85 +2.73 6,944.70 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- MADX,INDX. 1,057.48 -2.02 -4.40 +5.03 1,724.95 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- MSCI,Europe 96.82 -0.35 -0.37 +0.75 144.21 ---------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Monday trading on the U.S. stock market ended heightening for the indices against the growth in commodity prices. Trades on European stock markets index ended lowering under pressure from allegations that the international rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the long-term sovereign credit rating of Greece by two notches to "B" from "BB-", and short-term sovereign credit rating to "C" with "B" because of the increased likelihood of a debt restructuring of the country. 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. [2011-05-10]