OREANDA-NEWS. On 12 May 2009 was announced, that in April 2009 the Russian stock market experienced an increase of prices for the majority of its liquid securities.

The RTS Index grew 20.77% to 832.87 points (689.63 points on 31 March). By the end of April RTSI was 60,76% lower compared to its closing level one year ago (2122,5 points on 30 April 2008). The U.S. Dollar wend down 2.25% against the RURle in April.

Out of RTSIЎ¦s total 50 constituents, 45 had positive impact on the Index (plus 147.16 index points), 4 securities moved negatively (minus 3.92 points), and 1 security did not change in price during the month.

The positive impact was coming mostly from the prices of common shares of JSC Ў§SberbankЎЁ (plus 23.51 points), JSC Ў§GazpromЎЁ (plus 19.41 points) and JSC Ў§RosneftЎЁ (plus 18.93 points).

The negative effect leaders were common shares of JSC Ў§Polus ZolotoЎЁ (minus 3.15 points).

More than 50% of the RTSI total capitalization continued to be concentrated in the Oil & Gas sector. The other large-weight sectors were Financials (13.1%) and Metallurgy (12.1%).

Oil & Gas (plus 79.24 points), Financials (plus 27.07 points), and Power Industry (plus 17.88 points) contributed most to the growth of RTSI in April.

RTSI Futures Contract

Trading in RTSI-linked derivatives amounted to RUR 684.6 billion or 13.5 million contracts in April 2009. Futures based on RTSI remained the most liquid derivative contracts making up 70.76% of the total FORTS (Futures and Options on the RTS) turnover in cash terms.

With RTSI adding 20.77% in April, the June contracts (RTS-06.09) went up 20.48%, and the September contracts (RTS-09.09) went up 19,84% in price.

RTSI-based futures contracts traded below the spot price during the month. Towards the end of April, the June contracts were 34.6 points in backwardation. The September futures contracts were 33.45 points behind the main indicator, RTSI.

InvestorЎ¦s open interest in the RTSI-based futures measured in contracts was up 44.39% compared to the end of March.

Second-tier Stocks

In April 2009 the second-tier shares showed positive price dynamics.

The RTS-2 Index for the past month grew 23.49% to 636.18 points (515.17 on 31 March). By the end of April RTS-2 was 74.23% lower compared to its closing level one year ago (2468.63 points on 30 April 2008).

Out of the 74 constituent stocks on the RTS-2 Index list, 59 had positive impact on its dynamics (plus 126.53 index points), 7 had negative impact (minus 5.53 points), and 8 remained unchanged in price.

The major positive push to the RTS-2 Index was coming from the price increase of common shares of JSC Ў§MagnitЎЁ (plus 16.07 points), JSC Ў§Novorossiysk Commercial Sea PortЎЁ (plus 7.99 points), and JSC Ў§RaspadskayaЎЁ (plus 7.36 points).

Most of the negative impact on the RTS-2 Index was coming from common shares of JSC Ў§PolymetallЎЁ (minus 4.48 points).

In terms of weight in RTS-2 Index, Power Industry was the largest (19.8%), followed by the Consumer Sector (18.1%) and Oil & Gas (13.8%).

The largest contributors to the growing RTS-2 in April were securities of the Consumer Sector (overall plus 35.5 points), Power Industry (plus 30.04 points) and Oil & Gas (plus 13.09 points).

The RTS Family of Indices

Index

Number of constituents

MC of constituent companies, USD mln

Combined MC, free-float adjusted, USD mln

Share of total MC, %

Total

Average

Max

†нin

RTS Index

50

391 912,7

7 838,3

106 530,8

174,2

68 837,3

86,2%

RTS-2 Index

74

37 612,0

508,3

2 705,5

39,8

7 824,8

8,3%

RTS Oil & Gas

12

261 119,8

21 760,0

106 530,8

191,8

43 318,8

57,4%

RTS ЎV Consumer & Retail

11

6 332,7

575,7

2 705,5

72,0

910,0

1,4%

RTS ЎV Metals & Mining

12

47 288,1

3 940,7

15 917,4

73,2

5 534,8

10,4%

RTS ЎV Industrials

10

2 258,7

225,9

530,4

27,7

391,4

0,5%

RTS ЎV Electric Utilities

14

25 727,3

1 837,7

7 728,5

184,5

4 049,0

5,7%

RTS ЎV Telecom

12

19 326,4

1 610,5

10 126,1

53,3

1 413,5

4,2%

RTS - Financials

9

29 304,9

3 256,1

18 187,0

75,3

1 305,5

6,4%

All sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated positive dynamics.

The U. D. Dollar lowered by 2.25% against the RURle in April ЎV to RUR 33.25/1USD  (from 34.01 on 31 March).

The growth leader was Power Industry: RTS ЎV Power Industry grew 43.55%. The Consumer Sector picked up substantially: RTS ЎV Consumer & Retail grew 42.81%.

The lowest growth was in the Telecommunications sector: RTS ЎV Telecommunications added 14.58%.

Index

Last Value

Change Over (Period), %

Max

Min

Month

Quarter

Year

Value

Date

Value

Date

RTS Index

832,87

20,77%

55,66%

-60,76%

834,59

17.04.09

685,51

01.04.09

RTS-2 Index

636,18

23,49%

45,29%

-74,23%

636,18

30.04.09

523,75

01.04.09

RTS Oil & Gas

131,28

19,11%

46,91%

-52,23%

132,21

10.04.09

109,06

01.04.09

RTS ЎV Consumer & Retail

125,39

42,81%

93,80%

-61,71%

125,39

30.04.09

89,02

01.04.09

RTS ЎV Metals & Mining

124,54

15,67%

63,95%

-68,00%

126,18

17.04.09

104,74

01.04.09

RTS ЎV Industrials

57,72

25,10%

30,38%

-86,82%

57,72

29.04.09

47,16

01.04.09

RTS ЎV Electric utilities

105,41

43,55%

80,71%

-69,15%

105,41

30.04.09

77,44

01.04.09

RTS ЎV Telecom

104,22

14,58%

35,74%

-61,12%

104,22

30.04.09

90,70

01.04.09

RTS - Financials

153,28

22,29%

40,44%

-75,76%

153,70

24.04.09

124,80

01.04.09