Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of May 23, 2011

/IRBIS, May 24, 2011/ - As a result of trading on May 23, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: ------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for -------------------- for hist. May 23, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ----- --------- Dow Jones 12,381.26 -1.05 -1.00 +6.09 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,317.37 -1.19 -1.50 +3.58 1,565.16 MADX INDX. 1,027.51 -1.37 -4.75 +2.05 1,724.95 Swiss 6,437.82 -1.42 -0.30 -0.86 9,531.46 NASDAQ 2,758.90 -1.58 -2.17 +2.50 5,048.62 BEL20 2,666.75 -1.886 -2.23 +1.33 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,835.89 -1.893 -3.03 -2.96 8,105.69 DAX 7,121.52 -2.00 -2.38 +1.89 8,136.16 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ----- --------- CAC 40 3,906.98 -2.10 -2.86 +0.16 6,944.70 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ----- --------- MSCI Europe 94.84 -1.74 -2.17 -1.31 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation On Monday trading on the stock markets of USA and Europe once again resulted in reduction of the basic indexes against fears of investors over the fate of peripheral EU countries experiencing budgetary problems. International rating agency Standard & Poor's revised its ratings outlook for Italy from "stable" to "negative" against the background of weak growth prospects of the country's economic performance and doubts about the successful reduction of debt in 2011-2014. At the same time the agency affirmed the long-term credit rating at A +, short-term credit rating at A-1 +. In addition, on the eve of Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) of Greece with BB + to B +, confirming the short-term IDR at B. The ratings are placed on the list Rating Watch as "negative". As indicated by Fitch, downgrade reflects the scale of the problems that will meet Greece in the implementation of sweeping financial and structural reforms needed to ensure the solvency of the state and the foundations for sustainable recovery of its economy. Intelligence agencies also do not exclude the delay in providing the next tranche from the IMF and the EU in connection with political and technical obstacles to the implementation of the privatization program. FTSE 100 Index - stock index, calculated Agency Financial Times based on rates of 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 of stock prices of the largest companies in Germany. CAC 40 - France's stock market index. Calculated as weighted average capitalization value stock prices of 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. [2011-05-24]