Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of October 24, 2011

/IRBIS, October 25, 2011/ - As a result of trading on October 24, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------ Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. October 24, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ---------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- NASDAQ 2,699.44 +2.35 +8.71 +0.29 5,048.62 CAC 40 3,220.46 +1.55 +14.60 -17.44 6,944.70 DAX 6,055.27 +1.41 +16.52 -13.37 8,136.16 S&P 500 1,254.19 +1.29 +10.36 -1.39 1,565.16 MADX INDX. 900.47 +1.16 +11.46 -10.57 1,724.95 FTSE 100 5,548.06 +1.08 +9.50 -7.75 8,105.69 BEL20 2,161.64 +1.07 +6.94 -17.87 4,756.82 Dow Jones 11,913.62 +0.89 +10.60 +2.08 13,727.03 Swiss 5,788.63 +0.61 +9.24 -10.86 9,531.46 ----------- ---------------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 83.93 +1.22 +12.03 -12.66 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------------ * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock markets in the U.S. and Europe on Monday ended with growth of the major indexes on the background of investors' expectations for the forthcoming meeting of EU leaders on 26 October, on which detailed plan to help countries in the region facing budget problems will be announced. In addition, support was also provided by news from China - Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China in the manufacturing sector, which is calculated HSBC and Markit, in October 2011 rose to 51.1 points versus 49.9 points in September. In the U.S. market positive effect was put by the publications of favorable corporate reports. In particular, the net profit engineering corporation Caterpillar Inc., available for distribution to shareholders, in the third quarter of 2011 increased by 44% year on year and totaled $ 1.14 billion in revenues during the reporting period increased by 41.2% year on year terms to $ 15.72 billion, reaching a record in the history of Caterpillar. 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. [2011-10-25]