Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of December 2, 2011

/IRBIS, December 5, 2011/ - As a result of trading on December 2, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: ------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Dec 2, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MADX INDX. 857.95 +1.79 -0.51 -14.79 1,724.95 BEL20 2,077.15 +1.20 +0.31 -21.08 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,552.29 +1.15 +1.24 -7.68 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,164.95 +1.12 +1.75 -18.87 6,944.70 DAX 6,080.68 +0.74 +1.93 -13.01 8,136.16 Swiss 5,718.85 +0.66 +1.92 -11.93 9,531.46 NASDAQ 2,626.93 +0.03 -0.49 -2.40 5,048.62 Dow Jones 12,019.42 -0.01 +1.55 +2.99 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,244.28 -0.02 +0.52 -2.17 1,565.16 ----------- ----------- ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 83.51 +0.97 +1.42 -13.10 144.21 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock markets ended on Friday with multidirectional changes in the indices. Support was provided by publication of favorable statistics on the labor market. As reported by U.S. Department of Labor, the unemployment rate in November 2011 compared to October fell by 0.4 percentage points to 8.6%. The message came as a surprise to analysts, who did not expect changes in the unemployment rate. U.S. Labor Department also reported that the number of jobs in nonagricultural sectors of the economy in November increased by 120 thousand, however, pressure was exerted by the news that the U.S. and Germany opposed to increase in the IMF's resources to more vigorous activity of fund to finance problem countries in Europe. Recall, that in the present EU officials discussed increasing the IMF's resources, since the strengthening of the debt crisis in Europe requires the fund increased spending for programs of assistance to the countries of the euro area. European stocks finished the day on Friday in positive territory on the background of yield of positive statistics on the U.S. labor market. In addition, support has also was provided by statement by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that Europe should be reformed, and France and Germany favor the new European treaty for the conservation of the euro. "If France and Germany are strong and united, the whole Europe is strong and united. Europe has no choice. The crisis has exposed our weaknesses and differences. Europe has to be rethought and reformed. The matter is urgent. That is why France and Germany together act in favor of a new European treaty", - Sarkozy said in a speech in Toulon. 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. [2011-12-05]