OREANDA-NEWS. On 03 March 2009 was announced, that over the week of February 16 – 20, 2009 the RTS Index went down by 17.14% to reach 517.22 points (624.21 points as of February 13, 2009). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for OAO "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (minus 21.08 points) and Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (minus 14.58 points).

The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 shed 2.54% to reach 436.66 points (448.06 points as of February 13, 2009). Last week all the economy sectors represented on the Russian Stock Market closed in the negative territory. The major loser was the oil & gas sector; the corresponding index shrank by 17.55%. Significant decline was registered in the metals & mining sector, with the corresponding index losing 13.46%. The power sector performed better than the market. The RTSI – Electric Utilities decreased by 5.30%.

The US dollar gained 3.71% against the rouble over the reviewed week (34.80 roubles per US dollar as of February 13, 2009).

The total trading volume on RTS for the week February 16 – 20, 2009 equaled 1.4 bln. dollars (51.0 bln. roubles*), including all types of trades.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) – USD 14.334 mln., followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) - USD 2.437 mln. and ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKN) - USD 2.007 mln. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 49.88%, 9.91% and 6.98% respectively.

The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of JSC "WGC-3" (OGKC) – by 11.54% to USD 0.0087, ordinary shares of JSC "Polymetal" (PMTL) – by 11.11% to USD 6.0, and privileged shares of OJSC N. W. Telecom (SPTLP) – by 9.68% to USD 0.17.

The week's top losers were ordinary shares of Mechel ОАО (MTLR), that fell in price by 37.93% to reach USD 3.6, Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) that closed 29.08% down at USD 0.3865 per share and ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKN) that posted 28.69% loss at USD 43.5.

RTS Stock Market leading operators

The first three positions in the RTS Classic Market leading operators rating of the last week were taken by Troika Dialog, Renaissance Broker, and CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (LLC) respectively.

The first 3 positions on the RTS T+0 Market: 1 – Brokercreditservice Ltd., 2 – Troika Dialog, 3 – Investment Company FINAM CJSC.