Stock indices of USA and Europe by the end of January 20, 2012

/IRBIS, January 23, 2012/ - As a result of trading on January 20, 2012 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows: -------------------------------------------------------- Changes (in %) for --------------------- since hist. Jan 20, 2012 1 day* 1 month 2011 maximum** ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- Dow Jones 12,720.48 +0.76 +5.06 +8.99 13,727.03 BEL20 2,199.08 +0.11 +8.53 -16.44 4,756.82 S&P 500 1,315.38 +0.07 +5.76 +3.42 1,565.16 NASDAQ 2,786.70 -0.06 +8.10 +3.54 5,048.62 DAX 6,404.39 -0.18 +10.58 -8.37 8,136.16 FTSE 100 5,728.55 -0.22 +6.29 -4.74 8,105.69 CAC 40 3,321.50 -0.22 +9.60 -14.85 6,944.70 MADX INDX. 858.44 -0.41 +2.38 -14.74 1,724.95 Swiss 6,122.67 -1.16 +5.48 -5.72 9,531.46 ----------- ------------ ------ ------- ------ --------- MSCI Europe 88.61 -0.29 +7.52 -7.79 144.21 -------------------------------------------------------- * 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 Friday with multidirectional changes in the indices against the publication of corporate reports. Support was provided by reports that net income for the Intel 2011 increased by 13% to $ 12.9 billion, the proceeds - 24% up to $ 54 billion record. For the fourth quarter 2011 net income of Intel rose 6% to $ 3.4 billion (or $ 0.64 per share), the proceeds - 21% to $ 13.9 billion, the net profits of IBM in 2011 increased 7% to $ 15.9 billion, revenues - by 7% to $ 106.9 billion; in the fourth quarter 2011 net income rose 4% to $ 5.5 billion, revenues - by 2% to $ 29.5 billion. On this background pressure exerted by information that the resale of estate in the United States in December 2011 increased by 5% compared with November and amounted to 4.61 million transactions. Analysts had expected growth rate in December at 5.2%. European stocks closed mostly in negative territory amid expectations of the outcome of negotiations with the Greek authorities by private investors. Furthermore, the pressure was also provided to the statistics from China. According to preliminary data, the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), calculated by HSBC, in January 2012 amounted to 48.8 points versus 48.7 points in December 2011. However, despite the growth, value of the index is still below 50 points, which indicates the growth in the 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. [2012-01-23]