/IRBIS, January 19, 2012/ - As a result of trading on January 19, 2012 values of Asian stock indexes were as follows:

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                            change (in %) for
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                                          for historical
           Jan 17, 2012 1 day* 1 month   2011      max**
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SSEC           2,296.08  +1.31   +3.62 -18.23   6,092.06
HSI           19,942.95  +1.30  +10.30 -13.42  31,638.22
Kospi          1,914.97  +1.19   +6.80  -6.63   2,228.96
Nikkei 225     8,639.68  +1.04   +3.64 -15.54  18,261.98
SET 50           740.60  +0.71   +2.12  +2.83     915.03
JCI            4,001.07  +0.58   +6.63  +8.03   4,193.44
STI            2,811.20  +0.57   +7.53 -11.88   3,875.77
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*    rows sorted in descending order a day
**   historic maximum for the whole history of index calculation

Asian stock indexes today finished the day in positive territory. Support was provided by reports on the successful placement of securities in France and Spain. In particular, the French government on Thursday held an auction on placement of government bonds amounting to 7.965 billion euros, the yield of notes maturing in 2014 fell to 1.05% from 1.58%. Today the placement of Spanish notes with maturity in 2016, 2019 and 2022 totaling EUR 6.61 billion was also held, which exceeded the planned volume of 4.5 billion euros. The yield on 10-year notes fell to 5.403% from 6.975% at a similar auction, of notes maturing in 2019 - to 4.541% from 5.11%.

Investors also positively evaluated the message that the producer prices in the U.S. in December 2011, seasonally adjusted, fell by 0.1% compared to November, on an annualized basis rose by 4.8%. Analysts had expected increase of prices on monthly basis by 0.1%.

Support was also provided by the message on the IMF's intention to reach an agreement to increase its resources to $ 1 trillion from $ 385 billion, as reported unnamed sources, talks on increasing the IMF's resources are planned for the upcoming meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors of "Big twenty" on February 25-26 in Mexico City.

HSI - Hong Kong Stock Exchange's main index calculated on the basis of shares of 45 companies whose capitalization is 67% Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

SSEC - the key index calculated based price changes for all papers A and B Listing Exchange Shanghai Stock Exchange.

STI - Singapore's main stock index sites calculated FTSE on the basis of changes in capitalization of 30 stocks included in the SGX Mainboard.

Nikkei 225 - Japan's major stock index is calculated as a weighted average of prices of shares 225 most actively traded companies' first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. List of companies covered by the Nikkei 225 index is reviewed at least once a year in February.

JCI - calculated on the basis of capitalization of all shares of customary Listing of Indonesia Stock Exchange.

KOSPI - Korean stock index which includes all companies, whose shares are traded on the Korean Stock Exchange.

SET 50 - calculated on the basis of the 50 most liquid shares having a maximum capitalization on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

[2012-01-19]