Stock indices of emerging markets by results of August 19, 2011

/IRBIS, August 22, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on August 18, 2011, values of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) have made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. August 19 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- RTS 1,575.33 -0.56 -17.27 -12.59 2,487.92 MICEX 1,438.74 -0.97 -14.75 -16.06 1,969.91 Bovespa 52,447.63 -1.29 -10.86 -25.03 73,516.82 MerVal 2,825.38 -1.57 -14.24 -22.13 3,664.82 BSE Sensex 16,141.67 -1.99 -12.78 -21.49 20,893.57 PFTS 635.82 -7.22 -28.43 -35.63 1,208.61 MSCI EM 970.16 -2.54 -13.56 -16.62 1,338.49 KASE 1,208.21 -4.84 -21.12 -28.99 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 Friday, finished the day with decrease against the background of concerns about the prospects of strengthening global economic recovery. So, JPMorgan Chase due to increased risk of recession has lowered its growth forecast for the U.S. economy in the third and fourth quarters of this year, as well as in the first quarter of 2012. As expected by bank analysts, the growth of U.S. GDP in the fourth quarter was 1%, whereas the earlier projected growth of 2.5% in the first quarter of 2012 - 0.5% (earlier - an increase of 1.5%). Also, the pressure was exerted by statistics. Business Activity Index from Philadelphia Fed up in August 2011 was (-30.7) points, while analysts predicted that the value of the index was 3.7 points. Thus, the index showed a minimum in March 2009. 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, [2011-08-22]