OREANDA-NEWS. OJSC Polyus Gold, Russia’s leading gold producer, today announced the inclusion of the company’s shares in the MICEX index, effective on November 10, 2006, the press service of Polyus Gold reported.

The MICEX index is a capitalization-weighted index of most liquid stocks of Russian issuers listed on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. As at today, Polyus Gold has a weighting of 3.45% in the index.

Polyus Gold shares are listed on RTS and MICEX in Russia and also traded on the OTC market in the US and Europe in Level 1 ADR form.