/IRBIS, January 17, 2012/ - As a result of trading on January 16, 2012 indices of share platforms of the U.S. and Europe were as follows:

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                            Changes (in %) for
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                                         since     hist.
            Jan 16, 2012 1 day* 1 month   2011 maximum**
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DAX             6,220.01  +1.25   +9.60 -11.01  8,136.16
CAC 40          3,225.00  +0.89   +8.36 -17.33  6,944.70
Swiss           6,031.24  +0.58   +5.46  -7.12  9,531.46
FTSE 100        5,657.44  +0.37   +5.42  -5.93  8,105.69
BEL20           2,129.30  +0.19   +7.17 -19.09  4,756.82
MADX INDX.        845.55  -0.06   +3.25 -16.02  1,724.95
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MSCI Europe        87.05  +0.76   +7.78  -9.42    144.21
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*   rows sorted in descending order a day
**  historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation

Trading on the stock markets in Europe on Monday ended with the growth of the major indexes amid reports on the successful placement of French government bonds. On Monday, the French government has placed on the market the notes in the amount of 8.59 billion euros. In this case the yield on securities fell to an annual 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%. Recall, on the eve the international rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the debt rating of France from the highest level "AAA" to "AA +".

The U.S. market was closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

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.

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