OREANDA-NEWS. March 10, 2010. Over the week of March 1 – March 5, 2010, the RTS Index went up by 6.90% to reach 1,508.21 points (1,410.85 points as of February 27, 2010). Most of the positive impact on the RTS Index dynamics was related to the growing prices for ordinary shares of Sberbank (SBERS) (plus 31.32 points) followed by ordinary shares of Gazprom (GAZPS) (plus 11.92 points) and ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKNS) (plus 8.86 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, gained 6.71% to reach 9,768.22 points (9,154.18 points as of February 27, 2010). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 experienced an increase of 4.95% closing at 1,649.88 points (1,572.03 points as of February 27, 2010). Last week all the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated a positive trend. The largest growth was reported by the industrial sector, with the RTS Industrial Index adding 7.21%. A significant increase was also shown by the metals & mining sector, with the RTS Metals & Mining Index going up by 6.61%. The slightest growth was demonstrated by the telecom sector, with the RTS Telecom Index climbing 0.63%.

Last week the US dollar depreciated by 0.72% against the ruble to reach 29.82 rubles per US dollar (30.04 rubles as of February 27, 2010).

Index

Closing value,
05.03.2010

Weekly change, %

RTS Index

1,508.21

6.90%

RTS Standard Index

9,768.22

6.71%

RTS-2 Index

1,649.88

4.95%

RTS Oil & Gas Index

184.19

5.75%

RTS Consumer & Retail Index

272.44

6.25%

RTS Metals & Mining Index

267.97

6.61%

RTS Industrial Index

158.04

7.21%

RTS Electric Utilities Index

234.33

5.42%

RTS Telecom Index

210.15

0.63%

RTS Finances Index

416.46

6.14%

The total securities trading volume on RTS for the week of March 1 – March 5, 2010 equaled USD9.55 billion (285.47 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD1,659.17 million.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD894.64 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD399.38 million and ordinary shares of ОАО "LUKOIL" (LKOH) with a turnover of USD104.88 million. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 52.24%, 23.32% and 6.12% respectively.

The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of JSC "OGK-2" (OGKB) that went up by 18.46% to USD0.0385 followed by ordinary shares of Sberbank (SBER) – by 15.41% to USD2.92 and ordinary shares of JSC "TGC-1" (TGKA) – by 14.75% to reach USD0.0007.

The week's top losers were ordinary shares of OJSC "Company "M.video" (MVID) that fell 5.61% to reach USD5.05 followed by ordinary shares of OJSC "ROSINTER RESTAURANTS HOLDING" (ROST) that lost 5.26% to reach USD10.8 and ordinary shares of JSC "OPIN" (OPIN) that shed 1.70% to reach USD43.25.

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

Trading volume of securities on RTS, mln dollars

 

Week
March 1 – March 5

Week
February 24 – February 27

Change, %

RTS Classica and Т+0 Market turnover

53.39

33.11

61.27%

RTS Standard turnover

1,659.17

1,198.18

38.47%

Volume of OTC trades

7,838.22

6,955.79

12.69%

Total

9,550.78

8,187.07

16.66%

RTS Stock Market Weekly Best Sellers

(01.03.10 - 05.03.10)

Ticker

Company name

Weekly trading
volume, USD

Share
in RTS

SBER

Sberbank, ordinary

894,641,991

52.24%

GAZP

ОАО Gazprom, ordinary

399,378,208

23.32%

LKOH

ОАО "LUKOIL", ordinary

104,877,856

6.12%

GMKN

OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL", ordinary

87,478,478

5.11%

SBERP

Sberbank, preferred

81,280,931

4.75%

ROSN

OJSC "OC "Rosneft", ordinary

54,705,181

3.19%

SNGS

Surgutneftegas, ordinary

21,428,076

1.25%

VTBR

JSC VTB Bank, ordinary

18,212,172

1.06%

PLZL

OJSC "Polyus Gold", ordinary

6,447,965

0.38%

HYDR

JSC "RusHydro", ordinary

5,809,744

0.34%

Weekly Top Gainers (01.03.10 - 05.03.10)

Ticker

Company name

Closing price, USD

Change, %

Weekly trading volume, USD

OGKB

JSC "OGK-2", ordinary

0.0385

18.46%

333,542

SBER

Sberbank, ordinary

2.92

15.41%

894,641,991

TGKA

JSC "TGC-1", ordinary

0.0007

14.75%

375,007

SVAV

SOLLERS OJSC, ordinary

19

14.18%

56,600

RASP

OAO Raspadskaya, ordinary

6.21

13.01%

2,116,772

Weekly Top Losers (01.03.10 - 05.03.10)

Ticker

Company name

Closing price, USD

Change, %

Weekly trading volume, USD

MVID

OJSC "Company "M.video", ordinary

5.05

-5.61%

77,629

ROST

OJSC "ROSINTER RESTAURANTS HOLDING", ordinary

10.8

-5.26%

44,600

OPIN

JSC "OPIN", ordinary

43.25

-1.70%

87,125

RTS Stock Market Leading Operators

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica: 1 – Troika Dialog, 2 – Deutsche Securities ZAO, 3 – CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (LLC).

RTS Classica Leading Operators (01.03.10 - 05.03.10)

Week’s rating
March 1 – March 5

Week’s rating
February 24 – February 27

Ticker

Company name

1

1

TROY

Troika Dialog

2

2

UFGR

Deutsche Securities ZAO

3

5

JPMS

CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International"

4

7

RENC

Renaissance Broker

5

3

CITI

Citibank ZAO

6

10

MLSE

OOO Merrill Lynch Securities

7

4

CITF

KIT Finance Ltd.

8

14

NKOL

URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company

9

32

OPEN

OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC

10

15

VTBC

CJSC VTB Capital

11

9

UNCR

UniCredit Securities CJSC

12

12

CSFB

CJSC "BANK CREDIT SUISSE (MOSCOW)"

13

6

BUBS

UBS Securities CJSC

14

21

ATLN

ATON LLC

15

-

CKBN

CentroCredit Bank

16

8

MEIN

Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB

17

11

ALFC

ALFA-BANK

18

13

RMGS

Rye, Man and Gor

19

30

PRSP

PROSPECT INVESTMENT CO

20

24

MTRF

METROPOL IFCo. Ltd.

21

-

MBWB

MDM Bank

22

25

GRNC

Grandis Capital Investment Compani, Ltd

23

22

SOVL

SOVLINK LLC

24

-

PSTR

POLAR STAR IFC

25

-

PFCO

Permskaya Fondovaya Company LLC

All contracts introduced on FORTS in 2009 are at the top of the global liquidity ranking

According to the research conducted by Futures and Options World (FOW), the leading magazine in derivatives markets, the FX contracts on EUR/USD and EUR/RUB exchange rate that were launched on FORTS in 2009 have entered the list of top liquid financial derivatives introduced globally last year.

Among the top 15 FX contracts launched in 2009 as ranked by FOW in terms of trading volume measured in contracts, RTS’s EUR/USD and EUR/RUB futures contracts were placed in 1st and 2nd ranking positions with a turnover of 13,658,237 and 470,084 contracts for the last year respectively. In addition these contracts were ranked 3rd and 17th among the most liquid contracts on all kinds of assets that started trading in 2009 worldwide.

In November 2009 RTS’s EUR/USD and EUR/RUB futures contracts won the international award for "best innovation in product design 2009 – Eastern Europe" given by FOW. Extension of the FX contracts line offered by FORTS has significantly raised the effectiveness of the hedging strategies given the turbulent global FX markets.