OREANDA-NEWS. On 12 May 2008 was announced, that over the week of April 28th – 30th, 2008, RTS Index went down by 0,31% and reached 2122,50 points (2129,15 points as of April 25th, 2008). Leaders of negative impact on RTS Index became: OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" ordinary shares (GMKN) (-4,42 points), JSC Uralkali ordinary shares (URKA) (-3,45 points), Mechel ОАО ordinary shares (MTLR) (-3,38 points).

The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 shed 0,67% to reach 2468,63 points (2485,35 points as of April 25th, 2008). Last week almost all key sectors, represented on the Russian stock market, showed a negative trend. Metals & Mining showed the largest drop: RTS Index – Metals & Mining was down by 2,56%, comparing with the end of the last week. However, the highest rise was registered in Electric Utilities, the corresponding RTS Sectoral Index was up by 1,04%.

Total trading volume on RTS for the week April 28th – 30th, 2008 equaled 3,3 bln dollars (99,1 bln rubles*), including all types of trades.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) - \\$18,902 mln, RAO UESR (EESR) ordinary shares - \\$17,327 mln, ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) - \\$14,424 mln. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 19,07%, 17,48% and 14,55% accordingly.
The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of Moscow City Electricity Distribution Company (MGRS) – by 10,00% to \\$0,055, RAO UESR privileged shares (EESRP) – by 8,45 % to \\$0,86 and Ufaneftekhim ordinary shares (UFNC) – by 6,76% to \\$3,95.

The week's top losers were URSA Bank privileged shares (URSAP), that went down by 8,67% to reach \\$1,37, JSC "OGK-4" ordinary shares (OGKD) that closed 7,37% down at \\$0,088 per share, and UTK PJSC ordinary shares (KUBN) that posted 6,90% loss at \\$0,135.

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

RTS Stock market leading operators

This week the best sellers on the RTS Classic market are: Troika Dialog, the second place is taken by UBS Securities, the third place occupies Deutsche Securities ZAO.

The first 3 positions on T+O market: 1 - URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company, 2 - Troika Dialog, 3 - Universal Investment Company Partner Ltd.