Having fallen at opening of trading session, then key indexes offset almost completely the decrease. However, as a result, the stock market of the USA was closed with falling of the basic stock indexes.

The market was under pressure of decreasing papers of Viacom company, which fell after the weak quarterly report, and also lower forecasts for profit for 2006.
Amedisys shares were also down 20 %. The company declared about smaller than it was predicted, quarter profit and also declared about financial director’s quit.

On the other hand, share indexes were supported a little by the data of the jobless claims in the USA for a week on February, 18th which made 278000, at the forecast 28500. And the previous value has been revised from 297000 to 298000.
The average of number of claims for 4 weeks reduced up to 281.750 from 283.250 a week earlier. The total number of jobless made 2 million 495 thousand against 2 million 454 thousand a week earlier.
And help-wanted index in the USA made 37 for January, at the forecast 40 and the previous value 38.

The situation in the oil market also remains favorable for the stock market. We shall remind that oil keeps being in a trading range, being at its bottom border. We shall remind that yesterday oil fell in price on a background of the publication of data about stocks rise in the USA.
So, according to the report for February, 17th oil stocks in the USA were up 1.1 million barrels to 326.7 million, as well as the experts predicted. And petroleum stocks were up 100.000 barrels to 225.6 million that became a maximum since June, 4th, 1999.
As a result yesterday April futures for oil WTI were down $0.47 to $60.54 for barrel, but then the quotation grew a little.
And today oil has traded in area of $61.25.

As a result Dow-Jones index of New York stock exchange was down 67.95 points and was closed at a level 11069.22. NASDAQ index was down 3.85 points and is at a level 2279.32. S&P 500 index was down 4.88 points and is at a level 1287.79.
Profitability of the US state obligations for 30 years was up 0.028 in comparison with the previous closing and makes 4.512.

We recommend continuing to keep the remainder of purchases of Dow-Jones index futures. It is necessary to wait for the end of descending correction of indexes to open new positions. Only after that there are possible new purchases of futures for key indexes.