Asian stock indexes for October 24, 2011

/IRBIS, October 24, 2011/ - As a result of trading on October 24, 2011 values of Asian stock indexes were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- change (in %) for --------------------- for historical Oct 24, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 max** ---------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ ---------- HSI 18,771.82 +4.14 +6.24 -18.51 31,638.22 Kospi 1,898.32 +3.26 +11.83 -7.44 2,228.96 JCI 3,706.78 +2.38 +8.18 +0.09 4,193.44 SSEC 2,370.33 +2.29 -2.58 -15.59 6,092.06 Nikkei 225 8,843.98 +1.90 +3.31 -13.54 18,261.98 STI 2,760.95 +1.79 +2.30 -13.45 3,875.77 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Asian stock indexes today finished the day in positive territory amid growing investors' optimism about solution for the situation with the debt crisis in Europe. Recall last weekend was the summit of EU leaders, which, however, no concrete decisions about the release of the debt crisis was not accepted. The accurate plan will be presented on Wednesday, October 26. Earlier, on Friday and Saturday, EU finance ministers agreed to provide financial assistance to Greece in the amount of EUR 8 billion and seek to increase the share of write-offs from private investors in the Greek national debt. They also agreed in principle to recapitalize European banks, which, according to regulators, to 100-110 million euros to bring the capital adequacy ratio of the first level of 9%. The ratio will be effective from June 2012, with a number of issues relating to the recapitalization of banks will still be discussed. HSI - Hong Kong Stock Exchange's main index calculated on the basis of shares of 45 companies whose capitalization is 67% Hong Kong Stock Exchange. SSEC - the key index calculated based price changes for all papers A and B Listing Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange. STI - Singapore's main stock index sites calculated FTSE on the basis of changes in capitalization of 30 stocks included in the SGX Mainboard. Nikkei 225 - Japan's major stock index is calculated as a weighted average of prices of shares 225 most actively traded companies' first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. List of companies covered by the Nikkei 225 index is reviewed at least once a year in February. JCI - calculated on the basis of capitalization of all shares of customary Listing of Indonesia Stock Exchange. KOSPI - Korean stock index which includes all companies whose shares are traded on the Korea Stock Exchange. SET 50 - calculated on the basis of the 50 most liquid shares having a maximum capitalization on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. [2011-10-24]