Stock indices of emerging markets by results of August 12, 2011

/IRBIS, August 15, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on August 12, 2011, values of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) have made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. August 12 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- MerVal 2,949.01 +4.96 -11.93 -18.73 3,664.82 Bovespa 53,343.11 +3.79 -10.66 -23.75 73,516.82 MICEX 1,438.91 +0.52 -15.65 -16.05 1,969.91 RTS 1,544.83 +0.47 -19.41 -14.28 2,487.92 BSE Sensex 17,059.40 -0.42 -7.34 -17.03 20,893.57 PFTS 680.03 -4.11 -23.56 -31.16 1,208.61 MSCI EM 989.95 +0.94 -11.71 -14.92 1,338.49 KASE 1,249.21 -2.71 -18.80 -26.58 2,876.17 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Indices of stock markets in developing countries, on Thursday closed the day with opposite changes in the background of controversial publication of statistics in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, retail sales in the country in July 2011 rose compared with June by 0.5% to $ 390.4 billion. The data on the level of consumer confidence was quite weak. According to preliminary estimate consumer sentiment index from Reuters / University of Michigan in August 2011 fell to 54.9 points from 63.7 in July to its lowest level since 1980. Analysts predicted that the index value was 62 points. The index of current economic conditions fell to 69.3 points from 75.8 points and the index of economic expectations - to 45.7 points from 56 points in July. 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, [2011-08-15]