Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of November 9, 2011

/IRBIS, November 10, 2011/ - As a result of trading on November 9, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Nov 9, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- BEL20 2,077.15 -1.20 -1.55 -21.08 4,756.82 Swiss 5,607.85 -1.32 +1.87 -13.64 9,531.46 FTSE 100 5,460.38 -1.92 +7.02 -9.20 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 835.56 -2.10 -2.31 -17.01 1,724.95 CAC 40 3,075.16 -2.17 +3.40 -21.17 6,944.70 DAX 5,829.54 -2.21 +6.51 -16.60 8,136.16 Dow Jones 11,780.94 -3.20 +7.69 +0.94 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,229.10 -3.67 +7.44 -3.36 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,621.65 -3.88 +6.55 -2.60 5,048.62 ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 81.99 -1.71 +5.55 -14.68 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------- * 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 Wednesday ended with decrease of major indexes. The main focus of investors' attention was drawn to events in Italy. Recall, on the eve it became known about resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. However, this message could not positively influence the situation on the stock markets, where yields of Italian government securities rose sharply above 7% against the background of the British company LCH Clearnet clearing margin requirements on the notes with a maturity of Italy from 7 to 10 years at 5%. Thus, the spread of yield of Italian 10- year bonds to the same securities to Germany exceeded 500 basis points. LCH Clearnet provides clearing services to LME, NYSE-Euronext and ICE. FTSE 100 Index - stock index, calculated by 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. [2011-11-10]