OREANDA-NEWS. November 23, 2010. For the week of November 15-19, 2010 the RTS Standard Index demonstrated positive dynamics.

The RTS Standard Index went up by 0.63% to 10,587.58 points (10,521.56 points as of November 13, 2010). At the end of the week the RTS Standard Index was3.80% higher than a month ago (10,199.72 points as of October 19, 2010) and 13.86% higher than a year ago (9,298.51 points as of November 19, 2009).

Out of 15 constituents 10 had a positive impact on the RTS Standard Index (plus 90.32 points overall). Five securities moved negatively (down 24.31 points).

The positive impact was mainly due to the growing prices for ordinary shares of Sberbank (plus 18.23 points) and OJSC "Polyus Gold" (plus 18.07points).

The negative effect leaders were ordinary shares of Rosneft (down 9.61 points).

Out of the blue chips the top gainers were ordinary shares of OJSC "Polyus Gold" that added 8.06%, preferred shares of Sberbank and ordinary shares of Tatneft that went up by 4.02% and 1.91% respectively.

The oil & gas sector accounted for 52.99% of the RTS Standard Index' total capitalization. The other large-weight sectors were finance (24.68%) and metallurgy (14.31%).

Ticker

Stock

Weight in the RTS Standard Index, %

Weight in the RTS Index, %

SBERS

Sberbank, ordinary

19.31%

15.56%

SBERPS 1

Sberbank, preferred |

1.61 %

1.30%

GAZPS

Gazprom, ordinary

17.72%

14.27%

LKOHS 1

LUKOIL, ordinary |

17.14%

13.81%

GMKNS

NORILSK NICKEL, ordinary

10.43%

8.40%

ROSNS 1

Rosneft. ordinary 1

7.90%

6.37%

SNGSS

Surgutneftegas, ordinary

6.16%

4.97%

SNGSPS 1

Surgutneftegas, preferred

1.81 %

1.45%

VTBRS

VTB Bank, ordinary

3.76%

3.03%

URKAS 1

Uralkali, ordinary 1

3.04%

1 2.45%

HYDRS

RusHydro, ordinary

2.94%

2.37%

PLZLS 1

Polyus Gold, ordinary

2.29%

1 1.84%

TATNS

Tatneft, ordinary

2.26%

1.82%

FEESS 1

FGS UES, ordinary |

2.05%

1 1.65%

CHMFS

Severstal, ordinary

1.59%

1.28%

Total 1

 

100.00%

1 80.56%

Second-tier stocks

For the week of November 15-19, 2010 the second tier stocks market demonstrated multidirectional dynamics.

Over the reviewed period the RTS-2 Index added 0.78% to reach 2,001.60 points (1,986.08 points as of November 13, 2010). At the end of the week the RTS-2 Index was 0.03% higher than a month ago (2,000.90 points as of October 19, 2010), and 46.74% higher than a year ago (1,364.09 points as of November 19, 2009).

26 constituents out of 67 stocks on the basis of which the RTS-2 Index is calculated had a positive impact on the RTS-2 Index (plus 30.87 points overall), whereas 16 instruments were offsetting this effect (down 15.36 points). The price for 25 securities remained unchanged.

Most of the positive effect was related to the growing prices for ordinary shares of JSC "Irkutskenergo" (plus 5.48 points), and OJSC "Volga TGC" (plus 3.63 points) and O.J.S.C. "Uralsvyazinform" (2.82 points).

The negative impact was mainly due to the falling prices for preferred shares of JSOC Bashneft (down 4.04 points).

In terms of weight in the RTS-2 Index, the power sector was the largest (32.2%), followed by the consumer goods & trading sector (18.5%) and metallurgy sector (13.3%).

Most of the RTS-2 Index growth was due to the positive contributions by the securities of the following sectors: consumer (plus 8.75 points overall) followed by telecommunication (plus 6.32 points in total).

RTS Siberia Index

For the week of November 15-19, 2010 stocks constituting the RTS Siberia Index showed positive dynamics.

The RTS Siberia Index went up by 2.08% to close at 912.51 points (893.96 points as of November 13, 2010). At the end of the week the RTS Siberia Index was 2.56% higher than a month ago (886.72 points as of October 19, 2010) and 29.06% higher than a year ago (707.05 points as of November 19, 2009).

Out of the 11 component stocks five had positive impact on the Index's dynamics (plus 19.16 points). Two securities moved negatively (down 0.61). The price for four securities remained unchanged.

The positive effect leaders were ordinary shares of JSC "Irkutskenergo" (plus 16.97 points) and "OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (plus 1.41 points).

The negative impact on RTS Siberia Index was coming only from the price decline of ordinary shares of JSC "RusHydro" (down 0.39 points).

The power sector accounted for 38.3% of the RTS Siberia Index' total capitalization. The other large-weight sectors were metallurgy (36.5%) and oil & gas (14.0%)

The RTS family of indices

Index

Last

Change over (Period), %

Value

Week

Month

Quarter

Year

RTS Index

1,600.98

-0.32%

1.93%

10.74%

10.32%

RTS Standard Index

10,587.58

0.63%

3.80%

12.37%

13.86%

RTS-2 Index

2,001.60

0.78%

0.03%

12.45%

46.74%

RTS Metals & Mining Index

302.29

0.48%

2.39%

17.13%

30.21%

RTS Oil & Gas Index

182.28

-0.74%

0.45%

6.11%

-5.41%

RTS Consumer & Retail Index

369.95

3.16%

4.76%

12.97%

59.88%

RTS Industrial Index

188.94

3.58%

9.23%

29.93%

37.33%

RTS Telecom Index

236.16

2.13%

1.73%

15.31%

36.40%

RTS Finances Index

410.19

-1.30%

3.23%

17.04%

11.87%

RTS Electric Utilities Index

261.07

-0.70%

-0.55%

5.04%

20.27%

RTS Siberia Index

912.51

2.08%

2.56%

6.82%

29.06%

For the week the RTS Index lost 0.32% to reach 1,600.98 points (1,606.08 points as of November 13, 2010), the RTS Standard Index (blue chips index) increased by 0.63% to end up at 10,587.58 points (10,521.56 points as of November 13, 2010)

Last week most of the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated positive dynamics. The largest growth was shown by the industrial sector. The RTS Industrial Index grew by 3.58%. The substantial upturn was also demonstrated by the consumer sector with the RTS Consumer &Retail Index increasing by 3.16% and telecommunication sector with the RTS Telecom Index going up by 2.13%.

The regional RTS Siberia Index added 2.08%.

The US dollar appreciated by 1.40% against the Russian ruble to reach 31.20 rubles per US dollar (30.77 rubles as of November 13, 2010).