Stock indices of emerging markets by results of January 16, 2012
17.01.12 14:39
/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:
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Change (in %) for
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Jan 16, beginning Hist.
2012 1 day* 1 month of 2011 maximum**
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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
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* 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,
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