Stock indices of emerging markets by results of August 24, 2011

/IRBIS, August 25, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on August 24, 2011, values of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) have made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. August 24 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- RTS 1,601.03 +1.40 -19.12 -11.16 2,487.92 MICEX 1,461.62 +1.21 -15.36 -14.72 1,969.91 MerVal 2,908.48 +0.44 -12.68 -19.84 3,664.82 Bovespa 53,795.70 +0.02 -10.30 -23.11 73,516.82 BSE Sensex 16,284.98 -1.29 -13.70 -20.80 20,893.57 MSCI EM 978.21 -0.77 -14.80 -15.93 1,338.49 KASE 1,241.96 +2.48 -18.62 -27.00 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 Wednesday closed the day with multi-directional change. The pressure was exerted by the message that the international rating agency Moody's downgraded Japan to Aa3 from the previous value of AA2, forecast credit rating maintained at "stable". As stated by Moody's, this rating action was due to the high budget deficit, which by now exceeds 200% of GDP. At the same time, support was provided by macroeconomic statistics from the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, orders for durable goods in July 2011 increased compared to June, by 4%. Analysts had forecast growth rate of 2%. However, according to revised data, in June 2011, orders for durable goods decreased by 1.3% compared to May, while it was previously reported about decline of 2.1%. 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, [2011-08-25]