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

/IRBIS, June 24, 2011/ - As a result of trading on June 23, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for -------------------- for hist. June 23, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ----- --------- NASDAQ 2,686.75 +0.66 -2.16 -0.18 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,283.50 -0.28 -2.49 +0.91 1,565.16 Dow Jones 12,050.00 -0.49 -2.48 +3.25 13,727.03 FTSE 100 5,674.38 -1.71 -3.14 -5.65 8,105.69 BEL20 2,513.47 -1.75 -6.06 -4.50 4,756.82 DAX 7,149.44 -1.77 -0.02 +2.28 8,136.16 Swiss 5,991.09 -2.00 -7.18 -7.74 9,531.46 CAC 40 3,787.79 -2.16 -3.30 -2.90 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 1,008.12 -2.93 -2.16 +0.13 1,724.95 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ----- --------- MSCI Europe 91.23 -1.39 -4.02 -5.07 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock markets of the U.S. and Europe again on Thursday ended with decrease of the major indexes against disappointing statistics, published in the U.S., and lower oil prices. As reported by U.S. Department of Labor, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ended June 18 increased by 9 thousand to 429 thousand Analysts had expected a growth rate only up to 415 thousand applications. The number of initial claims for the week ended June 11 was revised upwards to 420 thousand to 414 thousand, pressure was also provided by lower oil prices amid reports that the IEA will provide 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves to compensate for the lack of raw materials due to disruption of supplies from Libya. As indicated, 30 million barrels of reserves will be allocated from the U.S. IEA plans to send to the markets 2 million barrels a day within the next 30 days. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, new home sales in May 2011 decreased by 2.1% compared with April and amounted to 319 thousand should be noted that the value of the index, despite the decline was higher than analysts' forecasts - expected to decline by 4% up to 310 thousand homes. Some support has also had a message that the Greek government and representatives of the EU and the IMF failed to reach agreement on a five-year plan to reduce the deficit of the country. 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. [2011-06-24]