Stock indices of emerging markets by results of August 8, 2011

/IRBIS, August 9, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on August 8, 2011, values of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) have made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. August 8 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- BSE Sensex 16,990.18 -1.82 -9.27 -17.37 20,893.57 MICEX 1,499.79 -5.50 -12.06 -12.50 1,969.91 PFTS 780.73 -6.19 -12.76 -20.96 1,208.61 RTS 1,657.77 -7.84 -14.50 -8.02 2,487.92 Bovespa 48,668.29 -8.08 -22.21 -30.44 73,516.82 MerVal 2,738.41 -10.73 -20.90 -24.53 3,664.82 MSCI EM 990.18 -4.89 -14.73 -14.90 1,338.49 KASE 1,322.50 -1.18 -15.42 -22.27 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 Monday continued to decline under the pressure of negative external background. MSCI Emerging Markets Index has shown the biggest drop since March 2009. Recall, on the eve of Friday, after the markets closure, the international rating agency Standard & Poor's lowered long-term credit rating of the United States from the highest of AAA to AA +. So now the U.S. government bonds are less reliable than the bonds of the UK, Germany, France or Canada. Analysts of Standard & Poor's established rating outlook of the U.S. as "negative", which means the probability of a new downgrade in the next 1-1.5 years. Additional pressure has had a message that the S & P also downgraded from AAA to AA + long-term credit ratings of several major U.S. financial companies, whose activities are directly dependent on the situation of the country's government bonds. The outlook on all ratings is "negative". Some of these companies include Federal Home Loan Banks, Farm Credit System Banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 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, [2011-08-09]