Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of November 21, 2011

/IRBIS, November 22, 2011/ - As a result of trading on November 21, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Nov 21, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- S&P 500 1,192.98 -1.86 -3.66 -6.20 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,523.14 -1.92 -4.33 -6.26 5,048.62 Dow Jones 11,547.31 -2.11 -2.21 -1.06 13,727.03 Swiss 5,477.26 -2.45 -4.80 -15.66 9,531.46 FTSE 100 5,222.60 -2.62 -4.85 -13.16 8,105.69 BEL20 1,953.98 -3.11 -8.64 -25.76 4,756.82 DAX 5,606.00 -3.35 -6.11 -19.80 8,136.16 CAC 40 2,894.94 -3.41 -8.72 -25.79 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 805.05 -3.42 -9.56 -20.04 1,724.95 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 77.99 -3.20 -5.95 -18.84 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * 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 fall of major indexes. The pressure was exerted by message from anonymous sources that members of a special committee of the U.S. Congress failed to agree on how to reduce the budget deficit. It was expected that the Commission would submit its plan to reduce budget spending by 23 November, and the Congress to vote for a draft - until December 23. If the terms of the bill will not be met, the budget expenditures in 2013 will automatically be reduced by $ 1.2 trillion. Pressure has also had a statement of the international rating agency Moody's that the growth yield of Treasury bonds in France under the weaker outlook for economic growth can have a negative impact on the outlook for the country's credit rating. In addition Moody's said that the risks to the German financial system rose "significantly". 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. [2011-11-22]