Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of sEPTEMBER 20, 2011

/IRBIS, September 21, 2011/ - As a result of trading on September 20, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: --------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Sept 20, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- DAX 5,571.68 +2.88 +1.67 -20.29 8,136.16 Swiss 5,471.40 +2.07 +7.41 -15.75 9,531.46 FTSE 100 5,363.71 +1.98 +6.41 -10.81 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 843.40 +1.70 +2.13 -16.23 1,724.95 BEL20 2,132.73 +1.52 +0.66 -18.96 4,756.82 CAC 40 2,984.05 +1.50 -1.09 -23.50 6,944.70 Dow Jones 11,408.66 +0.07 +5.46 -2.25 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,202.09 -0.17 +6.99 -5.49 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,590.24 -0.86 +10.61 -3.76 5,048.62 ----------- ------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 79.42 +1.90 +2.81 -17.36 144.21 --------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market ended on Tuesday with multidirectional change the major indexes. Pressure was the situation in Greece. Investors fear that the European Commission, ECB and IMF could delay the issuance of the next tranche of financial assistance in the event that the Greek government does not take more drastic measures to reduce budget expenditures. On the other hand had an expectation of results support the meeting of the Fed's Open Market USA, which runs September 20- 21. Investors hope that the regulator will announce new measures to stimulate the weak U.S. economy. European stock indices ended the day with growth on the background of expectations of the U.S. Federal Reserve decision. 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. [2011-09-21]