Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of November 17, 2011

/IRBIS, November 18, 2011/ - As a result of trading on November 17, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Nov 17, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MADX INDX. 828.89 -0.44 -6.49 -17.67 1,724.95 Swiss 5,644.62 -0.72 -0.67 -13.08 9,531.46 DAX 5,850.17 -1.07 -0.46 -16.30 8,136.16 BEL20 2,040.01 -1.09 -4.54 -22.49 4,756.82 Dow Jones 11,770.73 -1.13 +1.67 +0.86 13,727.03 FTSE 100 5,423.14 -1.56 +0.24 -9.82 8,105.69 S&P 500 1,216.13 -1.68 -0.75 -4.38 1,565.16 CAC 40 3,010.29 -1.78 -4.16 -22.83 6,944.70 NASDAQ 2,587.99 -1.96 -2.61 -3.85 5,048.62 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 81.19 -1.28 -0.51 -15.52 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * 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 Thursday ended with decrease of the major indices amid increased worries about the spread of the debt crisis in the eurozone. In particular, investors were disappointed by placement of 10 years government bonds Spain in the amount of 3.563 billion euros. As a result of the auction market yield rose to 6.975%, the highest figure for Spain since 1999. Recall that in the previous auction, October 20 yield of Spanish securities comprised at 5.433%. Ministry of Finance of France also placed their four-year bonds worth 6.980 million euros. Profitability of these notes rose to 2.82% from 2.31% on the previous auction. In addition, the international rating agency Fitch Ratings says that the Italian economy is likely to have entered a phase of recession. Fitch believes that the country's new government, led by Mario Monti, with structural reforms will face with high unemployment, as well as distrust of investors about the effectiveness of anti-crisis measures. 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. [2011-11-18]