Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of January 11, 2012

/IRBIS, January 12, 2012/ - As a result of trading on January 11, 2012 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- since hist. Jan 10, 2012 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- BEL20 2,140.32 +0.60 +2.67 -18.68 4,756.82 NASDAQ 2,710.76 +0.31 +2.32 +0.71 5,048.62 S&P 500 1,292.48 +0.03 +2.50 +1.62 1,565.16 Dow Jones 12,449.45 -0.10 +2.08 +6.67 13,727.03 DAX 6,152.34 -0.17 +2.63 -11.98 8,136.16 CAC 40 3,204.83 -0.19 +0.91 -17.84 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 843.25 -0.41 -2.76 -16.25 1,724.95 FTSE 100 5,670.82 -0.45 +2.23 -5.70 8,105.69 Swiss 6,008.04 -0.71 +4.19 -7.48 9,531.46 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 86.75 -0.42 +3.57 -9.73 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market ended on Wednesday with mixed changes in the indices. Support was provided by news on improved business activity in the U.S., according to the Fed. As indicated in the "Beige Book" published Wednesday, in November-December 2011, economic activity in the 12 Federal Reserve districts of the U.S. improved or "moderately growing," whereas in November and December last year the Fed has fixed most of the "weak" growth . The pressure was provided with the news from Europe. European stocks finished the day in negative territory under pressure from growing fears of strengthening crisis in the region. In particular, the managing director of Fitch Ratings David Riley said that the ECB should increase buying distressed debt securities of the euro area to prevent the collapse of the euro. The representative of Fitch noted that the collapse of the euro will have devastating consequences for the global economy. 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. [2012-01-12]