Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of July 15, 2011

/IRBIS, July 18, 2011/ - As a result of trading on July 15, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for -------------------- for hist. July 15, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ----- --------- NASDAQ 2,789.80 +0.98 +4.15 +3.65 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,316.14 +0.56 +2.20 +3.48 1,565.16 Dow Jones 12,479.73 +0.34 +3.34 +6.93 13,727.03 DAX 7,220.12 +0.07 +0.21 +3.30 8,136.16 FTSE 100 5,843.66 -0.06 +0.70 -2.83 8,105.69 BEL20 2,437.04 -0.10 -5.91 -7.40 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,726.59 -0.66 -3.57 -4.47 6,944.70 Swiss 5,938.06 -0.72 -5.08 -8.56 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 961.38 -1.18 -6.63 -4.52 1,724.95 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ----- --------- MSCI Europe 92.26 -0.25 -1.25 -4.00 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market on Friday finished with increase against favorable corporate news. In the second quarter 2011 net income of Internet giant Google Inc. grew by 36.4% to $ 2.51 billion ($ 7.68 per share), compared with $ 1.84 billion ($ 5.71 per share) a year earlier. Revenue for the period increased by 32% to $ 9 billion At the same time macroeconomic news, published on Friday in the U.S., had been negative. According to preliminary data, the index of consumer confidence in the U.S., which is calculated by Reuters and the University of Michigan, in July 2011 was 63.8 points. Analysts had expected the index value to be 71 point. European stock indices ended the trading session in negative territory. Pressure was put by concerns about the decision on raising the limit of U.S. government debt in Congress. On the other hand the additional pressure was telling you that 8 out of 90 European banks have not passed the stress tests: Greek banks ATEbank and Eurobank EFG, Spanish UNNIM, CAM, Catalunya Caixa, Banco Pastor and Caja 3, and Austrian Oesterreichische Volksbanken. As reported by the European Agency for Banking Supervision (EBA), said eight banks had to attract 2.5 billion euros to meet minimum capital requirements. In addition, according to the EBA, 16 more European banks have hardly have passed stress tests. 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. [2011-07-18]