Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of November 22, 2011

/IRBIS, November 23, 2011/ - As a result of trading on November 22, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Nov 22, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- NASDAQ 2,521.28 -0.07 -4.40 -6.33 5,048.62 FTSE 100 5,206.82 -0.30 -5.13 -13.42 8,105.69 BEL20 1,946.26 -0.40 -9.00 -26.05 4,756.82 S&P 500 1,188.04 -0.41 -4.05 -6.59 1,565.16 Dow Jones 11,493.72 -0.46 -2.67 -1.52 13,727.03 Swiss 5,447.66 -0.54 -5.32 -16.11 9,531.46 CAC 40 2,870.68 -0.84 -9.48 -26.41 6,944.70 DAX 5,537.39 -1.22 -7.26 -20.78 8,136.16 MADX INDX. 793.12 -1.48 -10.90 -21.23 1,724.95 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 77.48 -0.65 -6.56 -19.38 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market on Tuesday once again ended with decrease of main indices on negative statistical data and news from Europe. The U.S. Commerce Department reported that GDP in the third quarter of 2011, according to revised data from the previous quarter increased by 2.0% on annualized basis. Earlier, the Ministry of Trade of United States reported that, according to preliminary data, the U.S. economy in the third quarter of 2011 grew by 2.5%. European stocks also finished the day in negative territory. Pressure was exerted by results of placement of government bonds of Spain with maturities of 3 and 6 months. As a result of the auction Treasury of Spain placed three-month notes totaling EUR 2 billion, with maturity of 5.22%. The volume of offering of six-month notes was 966 million euros, yield - 5.328%. 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. [2011-11-23]