Stock indices of emerging markets by results of May 25, 2011

/IRBIS, May 26, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on May 25, 2011, value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. May 25 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- MICEX 1,614.86 +1.00 -8.76 -5.78 1,969.91 RTS 1,808.13 +0.45 -10.97 +0.33 2,487.92 PFTS 977.13 +0.25 -6.47 -1.08 1,208.61 Bovespa 63,388.44 +0.08 -5.35 -9.40 73,516.82 BSE Sensex 17,847.24 -0.91 -8.87 -13.20 20,893.57 MSCI EM 1,118.02 -0.59 -7.12 -3.91 1,338.49 KASE 1,570.44 +0.73 -8.17 -7.70 2,876.17 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of stock markets in developing countries, on Wednesday demonstrated opposite changes in the backdrop of rising oil prices, as well as pressure put by concern about the budget crisis in Europe. In addition, investors continued to worry about probability of slowing global economic recovery against the backdrop of tightening monetary policy by governments of countries in developing regions. In particular, Standard & Poor's points out that the policy tightening by the Chinese authorities has a negative impact on profits of Chinese banks in the coming years. Standard & Poor's expects that against this backdrop the profitability of Chinese banks may drop to the end of 2011 and continue falling in the next two years, despite the strong recovery in 2010 and the absence of a decline in the first quarter of this year. 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, [2011-05-26]