Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of January 12, 2012

/IRBIS, January 13, 2012/ - As a result of trading on January 12, 2012 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- since hist. Jan 12, 2012 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- NASDAQ 2,724.70 +0.51 +5.64 +1.23 5,048.62 DAX 6,179.21 +0.44 +7.01 -11.60 8,136.16 S&P 500 1,295.50 +0.23 +5.69 +1.86 1,565.16 Dow Jones 12,471.02 +0.17 +4.32 +6.86 13,727.03 Swiss 6,018.07 +0.17 +4.49 -7.33 9,531.46 MADX INDX. 843.46 +0.02 +1.14 -16.23 1,724.95 BEL20 2,137.42 -0.14 +5.18 -18.79 4,756.82 FTSE 100 5,662.42 -0.15 +3.14 -5.84 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,199.98 -0.15 +3.94 -17.97 6,944.70 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 86.51 -0.28 +4.92 -9.98 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * rows sorted in descending order a day ** historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation Trading on the U.S. stock market ended with increase of the indices on Thursday on the background of favorable news from Europe, despite the negative internal statistics. As it became known, the number of initial claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. for the week ended January 7, increased by 24 thousand to 399 thousand, which far exceeded analysts' expectations (who predicted growth of 3 million). Investors were also disappointed by data on the volume of retail sales in the U.S. in December 2011, which grew by only 0.1% compared with November to $ 400.6 billion, whereas analysts were expecting the same growth rate of 0.3%. European stocks finished the day with multidirectional change. Pressure was put by negative statistics from the U.S. At the same time, support was provided by successful placement of government bonds in Italy and Spain. The total volume of placement of Spanish securities with varying maturities totaled 9.98 billion euros, while the yield of notes maturing in 2016 fell to 3.75% from 4.871% at the previous auction. Italian authorities placed one-year government bonds for 12 billion euros, with the yield of the notes fell to 2.735% from 5.952%. 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. [2012-01-13]