Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of December 23, 2011

/IRBIS, December 26, 2011/ - As a result of trading on December 23, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Dec 23, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- Dow Jones 12,294.00 +1.02 +9.21 +5.34 13,727.03 FTSE 100 5,512.70 +1.02 +7.26 -8.33 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,102.09 +0.99 +9.91 -20.48 6,944.70 Swiss 5,893.89 +0.97 +9.43 -9.24 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 854.98 +0.91 +10.03 -15.08 1,724.95 S&P 500 1,265.33 +0.90 +8.91 -0.51 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,618.64 +0.74 +6.45 -2.71 5,048.62 BEL20 2,054.45 +0.69 +6.82 -21.94 4,756.82 DAX 5,878.93 +0.46 +7.72 -15.89 8,136.16 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 84.00 +0.85 +9.86 -12.59 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the stock market of the U.S. and Europe on Friday ended with the major indexes rise against the publication of positive statistics in the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, orders for durable goods in November 2011 increased compared with October by 3.8% to $ 207 billion; analysts had expected growth rate of only 2%. We also learned that new home sales in the U.S. in November 2011 increased by 1.6% compared to October and amounted to 315 thousand units. Analysts also expected the values of the indicator at the level of 315 thousand homes. 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. [2011-12-26]