Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of October 13, 2011

/IRBIS, October 14, 2011/ - As a result of trading on October 13, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------ Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. October 13, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ---------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- NASDAQ 2,620.24 +0.60 +3.48 -2.65 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,203.66 -0.30 +2.63 -5.36 1,565.16 Dow Jones 11,478.13 -0.35 +3.35 -1.65 13,727.03 BEL20 2,180.23 -0.55 +5.32 -17.16 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,403.38 -0.71 +4.43 -10.15 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 900.63 -1.06 +13.99 -10.55 1,724.95 Swiss 5,713.17 -1.18 +6.61 -12.02 9,531.46 CAC 40 3,186.94 -1.33 +10.09 -18.30 6,944.70 DAX 5,914.84 -1.33 +14.49 -15.38 8,136.16 ----------- ---------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 81.96 -1.07 +7.10 -14.71 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------ * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market on Thursday ended with opposite changes of indices. Support was provided by the macroeconomic news. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the country's trade deficit in August 2011 did not change compared with the revised figure for July to $ 45.6 billion The exports from the United States in August than in July decreased by $ 0.1 billion and amounted to $ 177.7 billion, imports - $ 0.1 billion to $ 223.3 billion analysts had expected that the U.S. external deficit in August increased by $ 1.2 billion to $ 46 billion in addition, support has also had a message that that the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ended October 08, decreased by 1 thousand to 404 thousand, which was better than analysts' forecasts, expecting growth rate to 4 thousand However, this positive statistical news background pressure sentiment was provided data on the results for the third quarter of the fiscal year of one of the largest U.S. banks - JPMorgan Chase. Net profit in the reporting period decreased by 3.5% to $ 4.3 billion compared to $ 4.4 billion a year earlier. The proceeds of the bank fell by 0.25% to $ 23.76 billion from 23.82 billion a year earlier. European stocks also fell on Thursday amid growing investors' concern about the deteriorating situation in the region. In particular, the international rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of British banks Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland Group to the level of AA-to A, and also placed the IDR and the financial strength rating on review for Barclays downgrade. As stated by Fitch, this rating action was due to lower levels of support for long-term IDR examined banks with AA-and A + to A. The revision level of support for long-term IDR reflects the opinion of the agency, which records the decrease government's willingness to provide financial support to the country's banking sector. 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. [2011-10-14]