OREANDA-NEWS. March 23, 2011. Over the week of March 14-18, 2011, the RTS Index went up by 1.73% to reach 1,962.92 points (1,929.59 points as of March 11, 2011). Most of the positive impact on the RTS Index dynamics was related to the growing prices for ordinary shares of Gazprom (GAZPS) (plus 24.13 points) followed by ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKNS) (plus 9.71 points) and Sberbank (SBERS) (plus 7.60 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, gained 1.75% to reach 11,929.01 points (11,724.27 points as of March 11, 2011). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 experienced an increase of 1.77% closing at 2,307.28 points (2,307.28 points as of March 11, 2011).

Last week’s growth on the stock market was accompanied by an increase of volatility levels when the Russian Volatility Index RTSVX went up by 5.39% to reach 26.69 points (25.33 points as of March 11, 2011).

Last week all the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated a negative trend. The largest decline was reported by the power sector, with the RTS Electric Utilities Index shedding 3.37%. A significant decrease was also shown by the consumer & retail sector, with the RTS Consumer & Retail Index going down by 2.58%. The largest increase was in the metallurgy sector when the RTS Metals & Mining Index went up 1.40%.  The oil & gas sector also showed an upturn with the RTS Oil & Gas Index adding 1.22%.

The regional index, RTS Siberia Index, added 0.60%.

Last week the US dollar appreciated by 1.05% against the ruble to reach 28.74 rubles per US dollar (28.44 rubles as of March 11, 2011).

Index

Closing

value 18.03.2011

Weekly change, %

RTS Index

1,962.92

1.73%

RTS Standard Index

11,929.01

1.75%

RTS-2 Index

2,285.11

-0.96%

RTS Metals & Mining Index

366.85

1.40%

RTS Oil & Gas Index

234.64

1.22%

RTS Consumer & Retail Index

427.69

-2.58%

RTS Industrial Index

236.73

-2.19%

RTS Telecom Index

293.20

-2.02%

RTS Finances Index

474.51

-2.15%

RTS Electric Utilities Index

254.85

-3.37%

RTS Siberia Index

967.60

0.60%

Russian Volatility Index

26.69

5.39%

The total securities trading volume on RTS for the week of March 14-18, 2011 equaled USD11.82 billion (338.97 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD2,609.61 million.

The week's top sellers were ordinary shares of Sberbank with a turnover of USD878.76 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD837.33 million and ordinary shares of JSC  “LUKOIL” (LKOH) with a turnover of USD346.68 million. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 32.93%, 31.38% and 12.99% respectively.

The week's top gainers were RDR representing rights on ordinary registered shares of United Company RUSAL Plc (RUAL) that went up by 9.87% to USD16.7 followed by ordinary shares of JSC "OGK-4"  (OGKD)  – by 9.60% to USD0.097 and  JSC  Raspadskaya   (RASP) – by 6.01% to reach USD7.05.

The week's top losers were ordinary shares of MASHINOSTROITELNY ZAVOD   (MASZ) that fell 19.80% to reach USD200.5 followed by OAO "Pharmacy Chain 36.6"  (APTK)  that lost 13.04% to reach USD3 and  JSC "LENENERGO" that lost 12.22% to reach USD0.79.

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

Trading volume of securities on RTS, mln dollars

 

Week

March 14-18

Week

March 9-11

Change, %

RTS Classica and T+0 Market turnover

58.93

19.12

208.24%

RTS Standard turnover

2,609.61

1,404.21

85.84%

Volume of OTC trades

9,149.24

5,266.41

73.73%

Total

11,817.78

6,689.73

76.66%

RTS Stock Market Weekly Best Sellers (14.03.11 - 18.03.11)

Ticker

Company name

Weekly trading volume, USD

Share in RTS

SBER

Sberbank, ordinary

878,761,401

32.93%

GAZP

OAO Gazprom, ordinary

837,333,316

31.38%

LKOH

OAO "LUKOIL", ordinary

346,682,294

12.99%

GMKN

OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL", ordinary

137,707,765

5.16%

ROSN

OJSC "OC "Rosneft", ordinary

120,466,808

4.51%

SBERP

Sberbank, preferred

105,939,221

3.97%

RSTRS

Troika Dialog AM, “Troika Dialog – RTS Standard Index”, fund units

72,987,294

2.74%

VTBR

JSC VTB Bank, ordinary

47,445,568

1.78%

SNGS

Surgutneftegas, ordinary

40,717,308

1.53%

PLZL

OJSC "Polyus Gold", ordinary

14,910,122

0.56%

Weekly Top Gainers (14.03.11 - 18.03.11)

Ticker

Company name

Last price, USD

Change, %

Weekly trading volume, USD

RUAL

Sberbank, RDR representing rights on ordinary registered shares of United Company RUSAL Plc, 1:10

16.7

9.87%

3,624,295

OGKD

JSC "OGK-4", ordinary

0.097

9.60%

283,500

RASP

JSC  Raspadskaya, ordinary   

7.05

6.01%

3,498,189

GMKN

OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL", ordinary

250

5.04%

137,707,765

AFKS

Sistema JSFC, ordinary

1.155

4.62%

569,750

Weekly Top Losers (14.03.11 - 18.03.11)

Ticker

Company name

Last price, USD

Change, %

Weekly trading volume, USD

MASZ

MASHINOSTROITELNY ZAVOD, ordinary

200.5

-19.80%

53,547

APTK

OAO "Pharmacy Chain 36.6", ordinary  

3

-13.04%

240,000

LSNG

JSC "LENENERGO", ordinary 

0.79

-12.22%

217,187

OGKB

JSC "OGK-2", ordinary 

0.049

-10.09%

50,000

LSRG

OJSC LSR Group, ordinary

38.05

-8.38%

351,542

RTS Stock Market Leading Operators

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica: 1 – Troika Dialog, 2 – Renaissance Broker, 3 – CentroCredit Bank RTS Classica Leading Operators (14.03.11 - 18.03.11)

Week’s rating

March 14-18

Week’s rating

March 7-11

Code

Company name

1

5

TROY

Troika Dialog

2

8

RENC

Renaissance Broker

3

4

CKBN

CentroCredit Bank

4

2

CITG

Citi Group Global Markets ZAO

5

19

JPMS

CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (LLC)

6

3

DBRU

Deutsche Bank Ltd.

7

17

VTBC

CJSC VTB Capital

8

7

CSSM

LLC "Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow)"

9

18

MLSE

LLC  Merrill Lynch Securities

10

9

CITF

KIT Finance Ltd.

11

12

BUBS

UBS Securities CJSC

12

16

RMGS

Rye, Man and Gor

13

24

ATLN

ATON LLC

14

15

PSTR

POLAR STAR IFC

15

11

MTRF

METROPOL IFCo. Ltd.

16

--

UNTR

UNITY TRUST Brokerage Firm JSC

17

14

INGB

ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO

18

28

UNCR

UniCredit Securities CJSC

19

6

PRSP

PROSPECT INVESTMENT CO

20

10

NKOL

URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company

21

23

ALFC

ALFA-BANK

22

--

SCNT

Vostochnaya Fondovaya Kompania JSC

23

--

MONO

MONOLIT

24

--

GRNC

Grandis Capital Investment Compani, Ltd

25

--

NICO

JSC IFC "DVM-Invest"