Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of sEPTEMBER 14, 2011

/IRBIS, September 15, 2011/ - As a result of trading on September 14, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were: --------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Sept 14, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- DAX 5,340.19 +3.36 -11.33 -23.60 8,136.16 MADX INDX. 811.22 +2.67 -7.99 -19.43 1,724.95 CAC 40 2,949.14 +1.87 -8.95 -24.40 6,944.70 NASDAQ 2,572.55 +1.60 +0.68 -4.42 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,188.68 +1.35 -1.31 -6.54 1,565.16 BEL20 2,096.75 +1.29 -7.89 -20.33 4,756.82 Dow Jones 11,246.73 +1.27 -2.06 -3.63 13,727.03 Swiss 5,417.89 +1.10 +1.75 -16.57 9,531.46 FTSE 100 5,227.02 +1.02 -2.31 -13.08 8,105.69 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 77.68 +1.50 -5.61 -19.17 144.21 --------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock markets of USA and European countries on Wednesday once again resulted in increase in the major indexes amid growing expectations of investors for solving the debt problems of the EU. In particular, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China announced his readiness to assist the EU and the U.S. According to him, China will continue to invest in European economies in crisis, as well as in the U.S. in exchange for political concessions to Beijing. Investors also cheered message for the French president that on the basis of a telephone conference between the leaders of France, Germany and Greece, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel affirmed the view that "the future of Greece in the euro zone". 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. [2011-09-15]