Index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Ksetra DAX (Xetra DAX) fell 29.43 points (-0.52%) and at the level of 5642.66. Index of the London Stock Exchange Foots 100 (FTSE 100) fell by 36.31 points (-0.69%) and at the level of 5216.84. The March futures on the index S & P 500 (SP 500) on Globex (Globex) dropped by 6.1 points and is 1090.3. Opening of the American stock indexes are now expected to bottom.

Monetary Policy Committee Bank of England decided today to leave the key interest rate on repo transactions (Repo rate) in the UK unchanged at 0.50%. Number of funds in the amount of 200 billion pounds, selected the Bank of England on the quantitative easing of monetary policy is left unchanged. The committee members voted against the increase of this amount.

pound /dollar reacted to the decision of the Bank of England surge to the level of 1.5883.

Governing Council of the European Central Bank decided today at its meeting to leave interest rates in Europe (16) without change. Refinancing rate (Refinancing tender) remained at 1.00%.

euro /dollar continued to decline and reached a level of 1.3824, the lowest since 17 June 2009. Pressure on the euro has investors concerned about the situation with the budget deficit in Greece, Spain and Portugal. The depreciation also helps lower the index of industrial orders in Germany.

Today investors" attention will be directed to the publication of economic data in the U.S..

price index for real estate companies Halifax (Halifax house price index) in the UK in January to 0.6% per month, 3.6% for the year (the forecast of 0.7% per month, 3.5% for the year, the previous value of 1.0% per month, 1.1% for year).

Index of industrial orders (Manufacturing orders) in Germany in December -2.3% per month (projected 0.6% per month, the previous value of 2.8% per month).

today expected to announce the following data:

at 13:30 GMT - Press conference on the results of the ECB Governing Council meeting;

at 13:30 GMT - the number of applications for unemployment benefits (Jobless claims) in the U.S. for the week to 30.01 (forecast 456K, the previous value of 470K);

at 13:30 GMT - preliminary index of labor productivity (Productivity) in the U.S. for the fourth quarter (forecast 6.1%, the previous value of 8.1%);

at 15:00 GMT - Index of production orders (Factory orders) in the U.S. for December (forecast 0.4%, the previous value of 1.1%);

at 21:30 GMT - an index of broad money M2 in billions of dollars in the U.S. during the week to 25.01 (the previous value of 7.1).

In the segment of Russian Eurobonds until a weak activity
Today, the MICEX index back down to the bottom of uplink