OREANDA-NEWS. On 12 February 2009 was announced, that over the week of January 26 – January 30, 2009, the RTS Index went up by 7,40% to reach 535,04 points (498,20 points as of January 23, 2009). Most of the positive impact on the Index dynamics was related to the growing prices for OAO "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (plus 14,57 points), Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (plus 5,63 points) and Surgutneftegas ordinary shares (SNGS) (plus 3,04 points).

The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 shed 5,50% to reach 437,86 points (463,36 points as of January 23, 2009). Last week most of the economy sectors represented on the Russian Stock Market closed in the green territory. The major positive contributor was the oil & gas sector, the corresponding index increased by 9,22%. Significant growth was registered in the metals & mining sector, with the corresponding index gaining 8,11%. The power industry sector showed the largest drop. The RTSI – Electric Utilities decreased by 8,11%.

The total trading volume on RTS for the week January 26 – 30, 2009 equaled 1,5 bln. dollars (51,5 bln. roubles*), including all types of trades.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) – USD 22,736 mln., followed by OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" ordinary shares (GMKN) - USD 9,873 mln. and Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) - USD 6,546 mln. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 40,26%, 17,48% and 11,59% respectively.

The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of OJSC "ROSINTER RESTAURANTS HOLDING" (ROST) – by 66,67% to USD 5,0 followed by ordinary shares of OJSC "MMK" (MAGN) – by 33,33% to USD 0,2 and ordinary shares of Mechel ОАО (MTLR) – by 20,00% to USD 2,7.

The week's top losers were ordinary shares of JSC "Holding MRSK" (MRKH), that fell in price by 20,41% to reach USD 0,0195, Sberbank privileged shares (SBERP) that closed 18,0% down at USD 0,0195 per share and ordinary shares of OJSC "OGK-5" (OGKE) that posted 16,67% loss at USD 0,02.

RTS Stock Market leading operators

The first three positions in the RTS Classic Market leading operators rating of the last week took Troika Dialog, CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (LLC), and Renaissance Broker respectively.

The first 3 positions on the RTS T+0 Market: 1 – Troika Dialog, 2 – Investment Company FINAM CJSC, 3 – URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company.