Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of August 31, 2011

/IRBIS, September 1, 2011/ - As a result of trading on August 31, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: ----------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for -------------------- for hist. August 31, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MADX INDX. 881.40 +3.22 -9.54 -12.46 1,724.95 CAC 40 3,256.76 +3.07 -12.78 -16.51 6,944.70 BEL20 2,267.88 +2.50 -7.84 -13.83 4,756.82 DAX 5,784.85 +2.50 -20.24 -17.24 8,136.16 FTSE 100 5,394.53 +2.39 -7.89 -10.30 8,105.69 Swiss 5,528.52 +1.46 -6.37 -14.87 9,531.46 S&P 500 1,218.89 +0.49 -6.59 -4.17 1,565.16 Dow Jones 11,613.53 +0.46 -5.60 -0.49 13,727.03 NASDAQ 2,579.46 +0.13 -6.70 -4.16 5,048.62 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 82.15 +2.96 -11.04 -14.52 144.21 ----------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock markets of USA and Europe on Wednesday once again resulted in the growth of indices against the publication of favorable macroeconomic data from the U.S. Business Activity Index (PMI) Chicago in August 2011 fell to 56.5 points from 58.8 points in July. Analysts had expected value of the index in August to be 53.5 points. The volume of industrial orders in the U.S. in July 2011 increased by 2.4% to $ 453.2 million. Analysts had expected growth rate of 1.8%. The number of jobs in private companies in the USA in August 2011, according to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) has increased by 91 thousand compared to July. 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. [2011-09-01]