Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of May 11, 2011

/IRBIS, May 12, 2011/ - As a result of trading May 11, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: ---------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for ---------------------------------------------------- for hist. 11.05.11 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- Swiss 6,562.82 +0.56 +1.91 +1.06 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 1,071.61 +0.55 -3.58 +6.43 1,724.95 CAC 40 4,058.08 +0.14 +0.48 +4.03 6,944.70 DAX 7,495.05 -0.09 +4.03 +7.23 8,136.16 BEL20 2,719.31 -0.49 -0.07 +3.32 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,976.00 -0.71 -1.28 -0.63 8,105.69 NASDAQ 2,845.06 -0.93 +2.65 +5.70 5,048.62 Dow Jones 12,630.03 -1.02 +2.01 +8.22 13,727.03 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- S&P 500 1,342.08 -1.11 +1.33 +5.52 1,565.16 ----------- --------- ------ ------- ----- --------- MSCI Europe 97.96 +0.29 +0.75 +1.94 144.21 ---------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Wednesday trading on the U.S. stock market resulted in a significant decrease in the major indexes amid falling oil prices, which in turn was due to lower gasoline prices. Recall, Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy published a report that the oil reserves in the U.S. for week ended May 6, 2011, increased by 3.781 million barrels to 370.327 million Gasoline inventories rose by 1.275 million barrels to 205.817 million, and distillate inventories - decreased by 843 thousand barrels to 144.289 million futures price of gasoline for delivery in June fell by 7.6% to $ 3.1228 a gallon in New York. It was the most significant drop in a single session on Feb. 17, 2009. Against this backdrop, CME Group Inc. 18:06 GMT suspended trading gasoline, crude oil and heating oil for five minutes. Trading was suspended because of excess reducing gasoline prices daily limit, to 25 cents. On the other hand pressure was the message U.S. Department of Commerce that the trade deficit of the country in March 2011 rose to $ 48.2 billion analysts had forecast value of the index at $ 47 billion over the revised data, in February, the U.S. trade deficit amounted to $ 45 4 billion (previously reported $ 45.8 billion). European markets on Wednesday showed opposite changes. Pressure on investor sentiment in the markets of Europe was caused by negative news from the U.S.. At the same time, support was provided by favorable corporate news. ArcelorMittal's net profit in the first quarter of 2011 increased by 67% to $ 1.07 billion, compared with $ 640 million a year earlier. Luxury goods manufacturer Hermes International said that revenues in the first quarter of 2011 increased 26% to 637.1 million euros compared to 507.7 million euros during the same period a year earlier. 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. [2011-05-12]