Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of August 18, 2011

/IRBIS, August 19, 2011/ - As a result of trading on August 17, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: ----------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. August 18, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- Dow Jones 10,990.58 -3.68 -12.69 -5.83 13,727.03 Swiss 5,196.00 -4.15 -11.88 -19.99 9,531.46 S&P 500 1,140.65 -4.46 -14.03 -10.32 1,565.16 FTSE 100 5,092.23 -4.49 -12.05 -15.33 8,105.69 BEL20 2,151.96 -4.56 -10.44 -18.23 4,756.82 MADX INDX. 843.45 -4.60 -11.89 -16.23 1,724.95 NASDAQ 2,380.43 -5.22 -15.78 -11.56 5,048.62 CAC 40 3,076.04 -5.48 -16.75 -21.14 6,944.70 DAX 5,602.80 -5.82 -22.10 -19.84 8,136.16 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 78.50 -4.71 -14.09 -18.31 144.21 ----------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market on Thursday ended with significant decrease in the indices against the weak macroeconomic statistics. As reported by the National Association of Realtors, sales of second-hand homes in the U.S. in July 2011 decreased by 3.5% compared with June and amounted to 4.67 million trades. Analysts had expected a growth rate of 2.7%. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits for the week ended August 12 increased by 9 thousand to 408 thousand, which also turned out worse than expected (an increase of 5 million was expected). Inflation in the U.S. in July 2011 was 0.5% compared to June, year on year - 3.6%. Analysts had forecast that inflation would rise over the month by 0.2% and 3.3% - in annual terms. Furthermore, the pressure also had reports that U.S. regulators because of the deteriorating debt problems of the EU countries conducted inspections of the European banks in the U.S. In particular, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York more carefully analyze the American branch of the largest banks in Europe, fearing that the debt crisis may spread into the eurozone banking system, the United States. To this end, the regulator is conducting additional meetings with their supervisors for more general information about the level of capitalization of banks and their reliability. In Europe, trading on the stock markets also ended in a significant decrease in the indices against the weak statistics. Retail sales in the UK in July 2011 increased by 0.2% in monthly terms, and in annual have not changed. Analysts had expected sales growth in July, up 0.4% compared to June and by 0.1% - in annual terms. 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. [2011-08-19]