Stock indices of emerging markets by results of December 29, 2011

/IRBIS, December 30, 2011/ -Following the results of the auctions on December 29, values of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ beginning Hist. Dec 29 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- MerVal 2,462.63 +1.51 +0.43 -32.13 3,664.82 Bovespa 56,754.08 +0.39 +2.63 -18.88 73,516.82 MICEX 1,387.06 +0.29 -4.65 -19.07 1,969.91 BSE Sensex 15,543.93 -1.17 -2.90 -24.40 20,893.57 RTS 1,365.13 -1.23 -6.90 -24.25 2,487.92 PFTS 532.85 -3.07 -10.24 -46.06 1,208.61 MSCI EM 914.21 +0.12 +0.52 -21.43 1,338.49 KASE 1,083.45 -2.50 -1.30 -36.32 2,876.17 ------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Stock indexes of emerging markets on Thursday closed the day with decrease on news from the U.S. Recall, according to the National Association of Realtors, the volume of placed transactions for the sale of homes in the secondary market in the U.S. in November 2011 grew by 7.3% compared with October, to the highest level over the past 19 months. The index of business activity in Chicago in December 2011 fell to 62.5 points, which was, nevertheless, better than analysts' expectations (61 points). The number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ended December 24 rose by 15 thousand to 381 thousand, however, the average number of applications for the last four weeks dropped to 375 thousand, the lowest level over the past three years. Bovespa (IBOV Index) - the index of 50 stocks that are traded on the stock, commodity and futures exchanges in Sao Paulo, The index is calculated on the basis of changes in the theoretical portfolio of shares, Constituting 80% of the total trade over the past 12 months and at least 80% of the volume of trades of the day, BSE Sensex - the index based on a weighted average of the 30 most liquid stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), MERVAL Index - main index of the Buenos Aires stock market, calculated as the weighted average market value of a stock portfolio, selected according to their market share, number of transactions and value, PFTS Index - the index is calculated daily on the results of bidding Ukrainian PFTS stock exchange on the basis of weighted average price of transactions, The "index basket includes the most liquid stocks, which performed the greatest number of transactions, MICEX Ind - main index of the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange, including the 30 most liquid stocks of Russian issuers, RTSI - Russia's stock market index Stock Exchange RTS, Calculated on the basis of 50 securities of most capitalized Russian companies, MSCI EM - a composite index of stock market capitalization of emerging markets areas, Since May 2005, includes the index values 26 developing countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela, KASE Index - the index of the market shares of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, representative list of KASE index includes 7 shares, [2011-12-30]