Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of November 10, 2011

/IRBIS, November 11, 2011/ - As a result of trading on November 10, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Nov 10, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- Dow Jones 11,893.79 +0.96 +8.72 +1.91 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,239.69 +0.86 +8.36 -2.53 1,565.16 DAX 5,867.81 +0.66 +7.21 -16.05 8,136.16 NASDAQ 2,625.15 +0.13 +6.69 -2.47 5,048.62 FTSE 100 5,444.82 -0.28 +6.72 -9.46 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 833.13 -0.29 -2.59 -17.25 1,724.95 CAC 40 3,064.84 -0.34 +3.06 -21.43 6,944.70 BEL20 2,063.91 -0.64 -2.18 -21.58 4,756.82 Swiss 5,565.78 -0.75 +1.10 -14.29 9,531.46 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 81.67 -0.39 +5.14 -15.02 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market on Thursday resulted in the growth of indices. Support was provided by statistical data. In particular, the message that the U.S. external deficit in September 2011 decreased to $ 43.1 billion from $ 44.9 billion in September. Analysts believed that the index value would be $ 46.2 billion. Moreover, U.S. exports in September rose by $ 2.5 billion and reached $ 180.4 billion, imports - by $ 0.7 billion to $ 223.5 billion, support was also provided by the message that the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ending November 5, decreased by 10 thousand and amounted to 390 thousand. Analysts expected value of the index tol rise to 400 thousand European stocks on Thursday showed mixed trends. On the one hand the pressure continued to concern investors about the deepening debt crisis in the eurozone. On the other hand some support was drawn by unofficial reports that the European central bank bought up government bonds of Italy, the purchase amount is unknown. Against the background of these messages yield of 10-year notes fell in Italy below the critical point of 7%. Recall, on the eve of the Italian government securities yields rose sharply above 7% increase against the background of the British company LCH Clearnet raising clearing margin requirements on the notes of Italy with a maturity from 7 to 10 years at 5%. 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. [2011-11-11]