Stock indices of emerging markets by results of January 16, 2012

/IRBIS, January 17, 2012/ -Following the results of the auctions on January 16, values of indexes of share platforms of developing countries (Emerging Markets) are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------ Jan 16, beginning Hist. 2012 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum** ---------- --------- ------ ------- --------- --------- Bovespa 59,956.46 +1.37 +5.84 -14.30 73,516.82 RTS 1,455.32 +0.61 +6.25 -19.25 2,487.92 BSE Sensex 16,189.36 +0.22 +1.94 -21.26 20,893.57 MICEX 1,464.42 +0.07 +6.70 -14.56 1,969.91 MerVal 2,754.57 +0.04 +14.37 -24.08 3,664.82 PFTS 535.56 -0.95 -9.42 -45.78 1,208.61 MSCI EM 951.83 -0.11 +5.30 -18.19 1,338.49 KASE 1,147.53 -1.56 +5.82 -32.55 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 Monday closed with multidirectional changes. The pressure was continuously put by decrease made by Standard & Poor's of credit ratings of number of European companies. The agency has downgraded the long-term ratings of Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Spain by two stages, long-term ratings of Austria, France, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia have been downgraded by one notch, long-term ratings of Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have been confirmed. As stated by S & P, these rating actions are due primarily to concerns regarding the adequacy of measures taken in recent weeks, European politicians to address the systemic problems in the eurozone. These problems include: tightening credit conditions, higher risk premiums increasing number of issuers from the euro zone, the simultaneous attempts of the authorities and households to reduce leverage, deteriorating economic growth prospects and the ongoing public debate among European politicians on the issue of overcoming these difficulties. However, support for the markets has had successful placement of French government bonds. On Monday, the French government has placed on the market the notes to the amount of 8.59 billion euros. In this case the yield on securities fell to 0.165% from 0.167% at a similar auction earlier, two years - to 0.281% from 0.286%, four-year securities - to 0.406% against 0.454%. 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, [2012-01-17]