RTS Released Stock Market Weekly Trading Results

OREANDA-NEWS. February 02, 2010. Over the week of January 25 – January 29, 2010, the RTS Index went down by 1.05% to reach 1,473.81 points (1,489.46 points as of January 22, 2010). Most of the negative impact on the RTS Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSNS) (minus 8.09 points) followed by ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKNS) (minus 4.09 points) and ordinary shares of Surgutneftegas (SNGSS) (minus 3.55 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, climbed 0.52% to reach 9,827.37 points (9,776.53 points as of January 22, 2010). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 experienced an increase of 0.48% closing at 1,504.12 points (1,496.99 points as of January 22, 2010). Last week almost all the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated a negative trend. The largest decline was reported by the metals & mining sector, with the RTS Metals & Mining Index shedding 3.37%. A significant decrease was also shown by the industrial and oil & gas sectors, with the RTS Industrial Index and RTS Oil & Gas Index shrinking by 2.70% and 2.08% respectively. The largest growth was demonstrated by the power sector, with the RTS Electric Utilities Index growing by 4.31%.

Last week the US dollar appreciated by 2.07% against the ruble to reach 30.36 rubles per US dollar (29.75 rubles as of January 22, 2010).

The total securities trading volume on RTS for the week January 25 – January 29, 2010 equaled USD11.92 billion (359.49 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD2,782.75 million.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD1,578.10 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD602.01 million and ordinary shares of ОАО "LUKOIL" (LKOH) with a turnover of USD182.53 million. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 55.72%, 21.26% and 6.45% respectively.

The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of OJSC "ROSINTER RESTAURANTS HOLDING" (ROST) that went up by 28.12% to USD0.1499 followed by ordinary shares of Electrozinc (ELTZ) – by 25.00% to USD25 and ordinary shares of JSC "OGK-1" (OGKA) – by 14.62% to reach USD0.029.

The week's top losers were ordinary shares of Ashinskiy metallurgical works (AMEZ) that fell in price by 16.17% to reach USD0.35 followed by ordinary shares of ОАО "Pharmacy Chain 36,6" (APTK) that lost 15.38% to reach USD3.3 and ordinary shares of OJSC "MMK" (MAGN) that shed 11.47% to reach USD0.965.

* The data is received by conversion of daily dollar turnovers into rubles

Trading volume of securities on RTS, mln dollars

RTS Stock Market Weekly Best Sellers (25.01.10 - 29.01.10)

Weekly Top Gainers (25.01.10 - 29.01.10)

Weekly Top Losers (25.01.10 - 29.01.10)

RTS Stock Market Leading Operators

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica: 1 – Troika Dialog, 2 – Citibank ZAO, 3 – OTKRITIE Group.

RTS Classica Leading Operators (25.01.10 - 29.01.10)