Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of December 1, 2011

/IRBIS, December 2, 2011/ - As a result of trading on December 1, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Dec 1, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- Swiss 5,681.57 +0.52 +1.66 -12.51 9,531.46 NASDAQ 2,626.20 +0.22 +0.74 -2.43 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,244.58 -0.19 +2.16 -2.15 1,565.16 Dow Jones 12,020.03 -0.21 +3.11 +2.99 13,727.03 FTSE 100 5,489.34 -0.29 +1.25 -8.72 8,105.69 MADX INDX. 842.86 -0.37 -2.41 -16.29 1,724.95 CAC 40 3,129.95 -0.78 +2.01 -19.76 6,944.70 DAX 6,035.88 -0.87 +3.45 -13.65 8,136.16 BEL20 2,052.58 -1.03 -0.33 -22.01 4,756.82 ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 82.71 -0.65 +1.35 -13.93 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------- * 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 ended with opposite changes in major indices against the background of mixed statistics. In particular, support was provided by the news that the index of business activity in the industrial sector in the U.S. in November 2011 rose to 52.7 points from 50.8 points in October. Analysts had forecast growth rate in November only to 51.5 points. However, the pressure was put by message that the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ended November 26 rose by 6 thousand to 402 thousand The number of initial claims for unemployment for the previous week ending 19 November was revised upward to 396 thousand from 393 thousand applications, on which U.S. Labor Department reported earlier. These data were significantly worse than market expectations - analysts forecasted a decline by 3 thousand to 390 thousand European stocks on Thursday closed the day in negative territory. Pressure was put by weak data from the U.S. about the number of initial claims for unemployment in the U.S., as well as statistical data from China. Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of China in the manufacturing sector, which is calculated by Federation of Logistics and Purchasing of China, in November 2011 dropped to 49 points, the very lowest level since 2009. 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. [2011-12-02]