Stock indices of emerging markets by results on May 16, 2011

/IRBIS, May 17, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on May 11, 2011, Value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------------------------------------- beginning Hist. May 16 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- PFTS 966.41 +0.07 -8.47 -2.17 1,208.61 MerVal 3,372.21 -0.18 -0.86 -7.06 3,664.82 MICEX 1,622.98 -0.57 -9.83 -5.31 1,969.91 Bovespa 62,829.68 -0.64 -6.08 -10.19 73,516.82 BSE Sensex 18,345.03 -1.01 -4.76 -10.78 20,893.57 RTS 1,846.32 -1.07 -10.48 +2.45 2,487.92 MSCI EM 1,136.66 -0.70 -3.45 -2.31 1,338.49 KASE 1,614.35 -1.42 -8.59 -5.11 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 Monday showed mainly a reduction of the background of growing concern about solutions of budgetary problems of peripheral countries of Europe, as well as weak macroeconomic data. Thus, the index of manufacturing activity in New York on May 2011 fell to 11.9 points versus 21.7 in April. Specified value was the lowest since December 2010. The level of business confidence in the market of new housing construction in May 2011, calculated by the National Association stewards of the U.S., remained unchanged at 16 points. Yesterday in Brussels, two-day meeting of EU finance ministers started working, on discussion of the matters of allocating financial assistance to Portugal and Greece. The situation is complicated by the fact that the negotiations didn't involve the head of the IMF Dominique Strauss -Kahn, who was arrested last weekend in New York. EU finance ministers approved the allocation of assistance to Portugal in amount of 78 billion euros ($ 111 billion), while from Athens better conditions for the allocation of additional assistance were demanded. 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, a representative list of KASE index includes 7 shares, [2011-05-17]