Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of December 13, 2011

/IRBIS, December 14, 2011/ - As a result of trading on December 13, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Dec 13, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- FTSE 100 5,490.15 +1.15 -1.00 -8.71 8,105.69 Swiss 5,759.72 +0.22 +1.96 -11.31 9,531.46 BEL20 2,032.20 +0.09 -4.25 -22.78 4,756.82 DAX 5,774.26 -0.19 -4.67 -17.39 8,136.16 CAC 40 3,078.72 -0.35 -2.24 -21.08 6,944.70 Dow Jones 11,954.94 -0.55 -1.64 +2.44 13,727.03 MADX INDX. 833.92 -0.76 -2.80 -17.18 1,724.95 S&P 500 1,225.73 -0.87 -3.02 -3.63 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,579.27 -1.26 -3.71 -4.17 5,048.62 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 82.45 +0.59 -1.36 -14.20 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * 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 Tuesday resulted in the decrease of the major indexes. Pressure was brought by news from the United States. In particular, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that retail sales in November 2011 rose by 0.2% on a monthly basis, while analysts had expected growth rate of 0.5%. In addition, investors were disappointed by the lack of reports from the Fed on new measures to support the economy of the country. 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. [2011-12-14]