Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of October 6, 2011

/IRBIS, October 7, 2011/ - As a result of trading on October 6, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ----------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. October 6, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- FTSE 100 5,291.26 +3.71 +2.61 -12.02 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,075.37 +3.41 +3.70 -21.16 6,944.70 DAX 5,645.25 +3.15 +8.69 -19.24 8,136.16 MADX INDX. 878.15 +2.67 +9.46 -12.78 1,724.95 Swiss 5,640.07 +2.45 +5.08 -13.15 9,531.46 BEL20 2,155.38 +2.16 +2.16 -18.10 4,756.82 NASDAQ 2,506.82 +1.88 +1.33 -6.86 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,164.97 +1.83 -0.02 -8.40 1,565.16 Dow Jones 11,123.33 +1.68 -0.14 -4.69 13,727.03 ----------- --------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 79.80 +2.73 +3.84 -16.96 144.21 ----------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock trading in Europe and the United States on October 6 closed down with the growth of leading indexes. That was partly due to positive economic data from Europe and the USA. In particular, it became known that the European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged - at 1.5%. Bank of England also left the base interest rates at their lowest level in history at 0.5% APR. In addition, the Bank of England decided to send 75 billion pounds (87.8 billion euros) to stimulate the UK economy. This decision is also pushed up European stock indicators. The U.S. Labor Department announced yesterday that the number of initial claims for unemployment benefit last week, which ended October 1, 2011, as compared to the previous week rose to 401,000. Analysts expect that figure would be 410,000 claims. 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. [2011-10-07]