Stock indices of emerging markets by results of May 26, 2011

/IRBIS, May 27, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on May 26, 2011, value of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) has made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------------------------------------- beginning Hist. May 26 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- Bovespa 64,098.57 +1.12 -4.29 -8.38 73,516.82 BSE Sensex 18,044.64 +1.11 -7.86 -12.24 20,893.57 RTS 1,818.36 +0.57 -10.47 +0.90 2,487.92 MerVal 3,268.55 -0.42 -3.90 -9.92 3,664.82 PFTS 972.15 -0.51 -6.94 -1.58 1,208.61 MICEX 1,606.21 -0.54 -9.25 -6.29 1,969.91 MSCI EM 1,133.37 +1.37 -5.85 -2.59 1,338.49 KASE 1,597.57 +1.73 -6.59 -6.10 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, with the prevalence of positive momentum. Investors, despite the negative reports of smaller- than-expected U.S. GDP growth in the first quarter of 2011, embraced it quite favorably. Recall, according to revised data from the Ministry of Commerce, GDP growth in the first quarter of 2011 amounted to 1.8% in annual terms. Analysts had expected the revision rate upwards to 2.2%. However, investors have embraced the message as a signal that the Fed would wait to increase the interest rate on the background of a strong economic growth. In the Brazilian market acted as an additional factor of supporting a message that the unemployment rate in Brazil fell to 6.4% in April 2011, from 6.5% in the previous month. 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, [2011-05-27]