Stock indices of emerging markets by results of October 13, 2011

/IRBIS, October 14, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on October 13, 2011, values of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) have made: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. Oct 13 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- MerVal 2,596.64 +2.27 -4.04 -28.44 3,664.82 Bovespa 54,601.07 +1.42 -1.70 -21.96 73,516.82 BSE Sensex 16,883.92 -0.44 +2.53 -17.88 20,893.57 MICEX 1,388.77 -0.55 -7.30 -18.97 1,969.91 RTS 1,396.27 -0.82 -11.18 -22.53 2,487.92 PFTS 513.47 -1.00 -10.62 -48.02 1,208.61 MSCI EM 930.47 +0.79 -3.52 -20.03 1,338.49 KASE 1,151.00 +0.50 -4.71 -32.35 2,876.17 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indexes of emerging markets on Thursday completed the trading session with multi-directional changes. On the one hand, support was provided by the positive statistical data from the U.S. Thus, according to U.S. Department of Commerce, the country's trade deficit in August 2011 did not change compared with the revised figure for July and made $ 45.6 billion The exports from the United States in August than in July decreased by $ 0.1 billion and totaled $ 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 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 at 4 thousand On the other hand, pressure was put by the situation in Europe. 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 from 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. Bovespa (IBOV Index) - the index of 50 stocks that are traded on the stock, commodity and futures exchanges in Sao Paulo, The index is calculated on the basis of changes in the theoretical portfolio of shares, Constituting 80% of the total trade over the past 12 months and at least 80% of the volume of trades of the day, BSE Sensex - the index based on a weighted average of the 30 most liquid stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), MERVAL Index - main index of the Buenos Aires stock market, calculated as the weighted average market value of a stock portfolio, selected according to their market share, number of transactions and value, PFTS Index - the index is calculated daily on the results of bidding Ukrainian PFTS stock exchange on the basis of weighted average price of transactions, The "index basket includes the most liquid stocks, which performed the greatest number of transactions, MICEX Ind - main index of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, including the 30 most liquid stocks of Russian issuers, RTSI - Russia's stock market index Stock Exchange RTS, Calculated on the basis of 50 securities of most capitalized Russian companies, MSCI EM - a composite index of stock market capitalization of emerging markets areas, Since May 2005, includes the index values 26 developing countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela, KASE Index - the index of the market shares of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, representative list of KASE index includes 7 shares, [2011-10-14]