RTS Announced Monthly Stock Market Trading Results

OREANDA-NEWS. May 11, 2010. In April 2010 the RTS Index went up by 0.02% to 1,572.84 points as of April 30, 2010 against 1,572.48 points as of March 31, 2010. Most of the positive impact on the RTS Index dynamics was coming from the growing prices for ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL (GMKNS) (plus 6.51 points) followed by ordinary shares of JSC "RusHydro" (HYDRS) (plus 3.87 points) and ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSNS) (plus 3.06 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, lost 1.44% to end up at 9,811.96 points (9,955.03 points as of March 31, 2010). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 Index gained 3.75% to reach 1,922.99 points (1,853.41 points as of March 31, 2010). Most of the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market closed in the green territory. The largest growth was demonstrated by the industrial sector, with the RTS Industrial Index adding 3.22%. A significant rise was shown by the consumer & retail sector, with the RTS Consumer & Retail Index rising by 3.08%. The largest decrease was experienced by the financial sector: RTS Finances Index lost 2.53%.

In April the US dollar depreciated by 0.26% against the Russian ruble to reach 29.29 rubles per US dollar (29.36 rubles as of March 31, 2010).

In April 2010 the securities trading volume on RTS equaled USD54.5 billion (1,590.1 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD8,583.18 million.

The top sellers of the month on the RTS Stock Market were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD4,297.0 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD1,893.5 million and ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) with a turnover of USD870.6 million. The share of the above securities in the turnover made up 48.47%, 21.36% and 9.82% respectively.

The top gainers of the month were ordinary shares of Mosenergosbyt (MSSB) that experienced a 65.71% growth to reach USD0.0174, ordinary shares of "Kubanenergo" (KUBE) that went up by 63.64% to close at USD9 and preferred shares of Slavneft-Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (JNOSP) that gained 47.06% to end up at USD0.5 per share.

The top losers of the month were preferred shares of Sberbank (SBERP) that lost 18.80% to reach USD1.9, ordinary shares of IDGC of Center and Volga Region, JSC (MRKP) that went down by 13.16% to reach USD0.00825 and ordinary shares of JSC "Magadanenergo" (MAGE) that fell 11.83% to USD0.082.

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

Trading volume of securities on RTS, mln dollars

RTS Stock Market Best Sellers: April 2010

RTS Stock Market Best Sellers: April 2010

RTS Top Gainers: April 2010

RTS Stock Market leading operators in April 2010

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica in April 2010: Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO and UniCredit Securities CJSC.

The top three leading operators on RTS Standard in April 2010: OTKRITIE Group, Troika Dialog and Alor Group.

RTS Classica Leading Operators in April 2010

RTS Standard Leading Operators in April 2010