RTS Released January Stock Market Trading Results

OREANDA-NEWS. February 04, 2010. In January 2010 the RTS Index went up by 2.02% to 1,473.81 points as of January29, 2010 against 1,444.61 points as of December 31, 2009. Most of the positive impact on the RTS Index dynamics was coming from the growing prices for Sberbank ordinary shares (SBERS) (plus 14.08 points), followed by ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL (GMKNS) (plus 10.70 points) and ordinary shares of JSC "RusHydro" (HYDRS) (plus 4.22 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, climbed 2.70% to reach 9,827.37 points (9,568.83 points as of December 31, 2009). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 Index gained 5.38% to reach 1,504.12 points (1,427.28 points as of December 31, 2009). Most of the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market closed in the green territory. The largest growth was demonstrated by the power sector, with the RTS Electric Utilities Index adding 10.74%. A significant rise was shown by the financial sector, with the RTS Finances Index rising by 7.28%. The largest decrease was experienced by the oil & gas sector: RTS Oil & Gas Index lost 1.98%.

In January the US dollar appreciated by 0.39% against the Russian ruble to reach 30.36 rubles per US dollar (29.24 rubles as of December 31, 2009).

In January 2010 the securities trading volume on RTS equaled USD35.9 billion (1,070.2 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD6,947.76 million.

The top sellers of the month on the RTS Stock Market were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD3,934.7 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD1,562.1 million and ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) with a turnover of USD456.1 million. The share of the above securities in the turnover made up 55.03%, 21.85% and 6.38% respectively.

The top gainers of the month were ordinary shares of OJSC "ROSINTER RESTAURANTS HOLDING" (ROST) that experienced a 60.00% growth to reach USD12.8, ordinary shares of IDGC of Northern Caucasus, JSC (MRKK) that went up by 47.62% to reach USD6.2 and ordinary shares of "Nizhhnekamskneftekhim" INC (NKNC) that gained 37.21% to end up at USD0.59 per share.

The top losers of the month were ordinary shares of ОАО "Pharmacy Chain 36,6" (APTK) that lost 42.61% to reach USD3.3, ordinary shares of BuryatZoloto (BRZL) that went down by 14.29% to reach USD18 and ordinary shares of RBC Information Systems (RBCI) that decreased by 10.55% to USD1,25.

* 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: January 2010

RTS Top Gainers: January 2010

RTS Top Losers: January 2010

RTS Stock Market leading operators in January 2010

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica in January 2010: Troika Dialog, Citibank ZAO and Deutsche Securities ZAO.

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

RTS Classica Leading Operators in January 2010

RTS Standard Leading Operators in January 2010