Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of sEPTEMBER 8, 2011

/IRBIS, September 9, 2011/ - As a result of trading on September 8, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Sept 8, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MADX INDX. 835.28 +1.43 -2.22 -17.04 1,724.95 BEL20 2,188.79 +0.92 +1.58 -16.83 4,756.82 Swiss 5,528.91 +0.50 +10.62 -14.86 9,531.46 CAC 40 3,085.83 +0.41 -2.84 -20.89 6,944.70 FTSE 100 5,340.38 +0.41 +3.40 -11.20 8,105.69 DAX 5,408.46 +0.05 -8.60 -22.62 8,136.16 NASDAQ 2,529.14 -0.78 +1.88 -6.03 5,048.62 Dow Jones 11,295.81 -1.04 +0.50 -3.21 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,185.90 -1.06 +1.14 -6.76 1,565.16 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 79.81 +0.72 -0.68 -16.95 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday against the background of speech of head of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet, who announced downward revision of growth forecast of eurozone GDP in the current and next year. The mood of market participants was also affected by the macroeconomic data. Thus, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ended 02 September, an increase of 2 thousand - up to 414 thousand. The number of initial claims for the week ended August 27 was revised upwards - up to 412 thousand to 409 thousand figure was worse than expected - analysts believed that the number of applications would increase from the previous week unrevised rate of 1 thousand and amount to 410 thousands. Stock trading in Europe closed down with a slight increase in the leading indexes. The main factor that influenced them to move, was the expectation of speeches of U.S. president Barack Obama and the head of the Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke. In addition, the impact on investor sentiment also had some positive economic data. So, today it was announced that the Bank of England left the base discount rate without changes - at their lowest level in history at 0.5% APR. This decision coincided with analysts' expectations. 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. [2011-09-09]