Stock indices of emerging markets by results of May 19, 2011

/IRBIS, May 20, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on May 19, 2011, value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------ ------- --------- beginning Hist. May 19 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- PFTS 994.55 +0.99 -5.18 +0.68 1,208.61 RTS 1,859.14 +0.52 -4.67 +3.16 2,487.92 BSE,Sensex 18,141.40 +0.31 -4.97 -11.77 20,893.57 MICEX 1,630.72 +0.23 -4.86 -4.86 1,969.91 MerVal 3,385.77 -0.09 +2.57 -6.69 3,664.82 Bovespa 62,367.36 -0.75 -4.66 -10.86 73,516.82 MSCI,EM 1,140.42 -0.18 -1.86 -1.98 1,338.49 KASE 1,611.33 +1.21 -7.81 -5.29 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 showed opposite changes. On the one hand support was provided by the rise in prices on commodity markets, as well as on European stock exchanges. However, considerable pressure was exerted by the news that Japan's GDP in real terms in the first quarter of 2011, according to preliminary data, decreased by 3.7% compared with the fourth quarter of 2010. This decrease was much worse than analysts' forecasts, GDP was expected to fall by 2.0%. At the same time, Japanese Finance Minister Kaoru Yosano said that probably the GDP will be declining for three quarters in a row. 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, [2011-05-20]