OREANDA-NEWS. On 14 July 2008 was announced, that over the week of July 7th – 11th, 2008, the RTS Index went down by 0,94% to reached 2167,18 points (2187,65 points as of July 4th, 2008). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" ordinary shares (GMKN) (minus 9,66 points), Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (minus 8,01 points), ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (minus 3,95 points).

The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 shed 1,66% to reach 2474,80 points (2516,60 points as of July 4th, 2008). Last week all the key sectors, represented on the Russian stock market, showed a negative trend. Metals & Mining showed the largest drop: the RTS Index – Metals & Mining was down by 3,05%, comparing with the end of the last week. The slightest decline was registered in the Financials, the corresponding RTS Sectoral Index shrank by 0,38% only.

The total trading volume on RTS for the week July 7th – 11th, 2008 equaled 4,1 bln dollars (95,7 bln roubles*), including all types of trades.

The week's top sellers were OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" ordinary shares (GMKN) – \\$55,231 mln., ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) – \\$46,934 mln. and Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) – \\$41,703 mln. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 24,02%, 20,41% and 18,13% accordingly.

The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of Synergy, Co. (SYNG) – by 23,40% to \\$58,00, privileged shares of JSC Dorogobuzh (DGZP) – by 13,46% to \\$0,7375 and JSC Uralkali ordinary shares (URKA) – by 8,59% to \\$13,90.

The week's top losers were Kubanenergo ordinary shares (KUBE), that fell in price by 21,67% to reach \\$23,50, AO MOSENERGO ordinary shares (MSNG) that closed 16,76% down \\$0,154 per share, and ordinary hares of Southern Kuzbass Coal Company ОАО (UKUZ) that posted 16,36% loss at \\$115,00.

RTS Stock market leading operators

The first three positions in the RTS Classic Market leading operators rating of the last week took Troika Dialog, UBS Securities CJSC and Renaissance Broker respectively.

The first 3 positions on T+O market: 1 – Universal Investment Company Partner Ltd., 2 – Troika Dialog, 3 – ATON LLC.