Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of June 24, 2011

/IRBIS, June 27, 2011/ - As a result of trading on June 24, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for -------------------- for hist. June 24, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ----- --------- FTSE 100 5,697.72 +0.41 -2.94 -5.26 8,105.69 Swiss 5,998.02 +0.12 -7.22 -7.64 9,531.46 BEL20 2,514.30 +0.03 -5.85 -4.47 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,784.80 -0.08 -3.67 -2.98 6,944.70 DAX 7,121.38 -0.39 -0.69 +1.88 8,136.16 Dow Jones 11,934.58 -0.96 -3.71 +2.26 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,268.45 -1.17 -3.94 -0.27 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,652.89 -1.26 -3.93 -1.44 5,048.62 MADX INDX. 995.28 -1.27 -4.32 -1.15 1,724.95 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ----- --------- MSCI Europe 91.12 -0.12 -4.84 -5.18 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market ended with decrease on Friday amid fears about the development of the situation with the debt problems of several countries in Europe. At the same time statistics, published on Friday, was of a positive nature. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. GDP in the first quarter of 2011, according to final data from the previous quarter grew by 1.9% in annual terms. Previously was reported on GDP growth of 1.8%. In addition, U.S. Department of Commerce reported about an increase in orders for durable goods in May 2011 by 1.9% compared with April, to $195.6 billion, analysts predicted rate increase of 1.5%. European stock markets also closed mostly in negative territory on concerns about growth of the debt crisis in the region. As it became known on Friday, Spain is preparing to reduce state spending by nearly 4%, to 117 billion euros in 2012 to reduce the budget deficit. In 2010 the budget deficit amounted to 11.2% of Spanish GDP. 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. [2011-06-27]