Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of November 7, 2011

/IRBIS, November 8, 2011/ - As a result of trading on November 7, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for -------------------- for hist. Nov 7, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- FTSE 100 5,291.26 +3.71 +2.61 -12.02 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,075.37 +3.41 +3.70 -21.16 6,944.70 DAX 5,645.25 +3.15 +8.69 -19.24 8,136.16 Dow Jones 12,068.39 +0.71 +8.69 +3.41 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,261.12 +0.63 +9.14 -0.85 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,695.25 +0.34 +8.71 +0.14 5,048.62 BEL20 2,080.86 -0.06 -3.05 -20.94 4,756.82 Swiss 5,645.96 -0.25 -0.11 -13.06 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 849.84 -1.62 -4.26 -15.59 1,724.95 ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 82.71 -0.53 +2.90 -13.93 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation U.S. stock indexes ended with decrease of major indexes. As reported by Bloomberg, the behavior of investors due to the uncertainty of the political situation in Europe, where the expected resignation of heads of governments of two troubled countries. The direction of movement of the index at this conjuncture is largely dependent on external factors, in particular, on the foreign exchange market, where the euro is almost completely leveled observed before the fall of the dollar. The major European stock indexes fell to the closing of trading on Monday against the backdrop of increased uncertainty associated with the budgetary outlook in Italy. On Monday, the yield on state bonds of Italy reached a record high of 6.58%, having passed over the psychologically important level of 6.50%. The reason for such a significant increase in yields on securities are speculating that the leadership of the European Central Bank (ECB) has discussed the possibility of failure from purchases of government bonds in Italy if its government can not assure control and markets its intention to cut spending and carry out structural reforms. Fears were added also by rumors that the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could lose the support of Parliament on Tuesday, when the Chamber of Deputies will vote on the new government financial report for 2010. 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. [2011-11-08]