Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of December 28, 2011

/IRBIS, December 29, 2011/ - As a result of trading on December 28, 2011 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- for hist. Dec 28, 2011 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- Swiss 5,895.25 +0.14 +6.75 -9.22 9,531.46 FTSE 100 5,507.40 -0.10 +3.66 -8.42 8,105.69 BEL20 2,043.59 -0.52 +1.73 -22.35 4,756.82 CAC 40 3,071.08 -1.03 +1.93 -21.27 6,944.70 Dow Jones 12,151.41 -1.14 +5.45 +4.12 13,727.03 S&P 500 1,249.64 -1.25 +4.79 -1.75 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,589.98 -1.34 +2.48 -3.77 5,048.62 MADX INDX. 836.69 -1.98 +2.60 -16.90 1,724.95 DAX 5,771.27 -2.01 +0.45 -17.43 8,136.16 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 83.42 -0.70 +4.65 -13.19 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * 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 Wednesday ended with decrease of main indexes on news from the EU. In particular, investors' fears about the fate of the euro area, when there were published data on the volume of placed bank deposits at the ECB, have grown. Thus, the volume of deposits of "overnight" banks to the ECB on Tuesday reached a record for the current year - 452.0 million euros. The message was taken by investors as a sign of declining confidence of banks to markets. In addition, the volume of loans granted to banks of eurozone by ECB for the week ended Dec. 23, rose by 214.1 billion euros to 879 billion euros. 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. [2011-12-29]