Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of October 19, 2011

/IRBIS, October 20, 2011/ - As a result of trading on October 19, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------ Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. October 19, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ---------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- FTSE 100 5,450.49 +0.74 +3.63 -9.37 8,105.69 DAX 5,913.53 +0.61 +9.19 -15.40 8,136.16 MADX INDX. 891.52 +0.58 +7.50 -11.45 1,724.95 CAC 40 3,157.34 +0.52 +7.39 -19.06 6,944.70 Swiss 5,699.98 +0.31 +6.33 -12.23 9,531.46 BEL20 2,134.22 -0.13 +1.59 -18.91 4,756.82 Dow Jones 11,504.62 -0.63 +0.91 -1.42 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,209.88 -1.26 +0.48 -4.87 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,604.04 -2.01 -0.34 -3.25 5,048.62 ----------- ---------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 82.10 +0.60 +5.34 -14.57 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------ * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market ended with decrease on Wednesday against the background of the index publication of results disappointed investors of the world's largest high-tech Apple Inc. for the quarter ended September 24, 2011. As reported by the company for the fourth quarter of 2010-2011 fiscal year, net income increased by 54% to $ 6.623 billion, or $ 7.05 per share. The company's revenue for the quarter grew by 39% to $ 28.270 billion, these results have not impressed analysts who had expected net profit of $ 7.38 per share, and revenue - to $ 29.6 billion European stocks, however, closed the day mostly in the "green zone", although growth has been low. Support was provided by the expectation of the forthcoming EU summit this week. Earlier, the British the Guardian, with reference to EU diplomats said that France and Germany have agreed to increase the European Financial Stability Fund with 440 billion euros to more than $ 2 trillion euro. As indicated by the publication, the agreement should be reached at the EU summit on 23 October. 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. [2011-10-20]