RTS Released February 2011 Stock Market Trading Results

OREANDA-NEWS. March 3, 2011. In February 2011 the RTS Index went up by 5.33% to 1,969.91 points as of February 28, 2011 against 1,870.31 points as of January 31, 2011. Most of the positive impact on the RTS Index dynamics was coming from the growing prices for ordinary shares of JSC  “LUKOIL”  (LKOHS) (up 37.46 points), Gazprom  (GAZPS) (up 30.02 points) followed by ordinary shares of Rosneft  (ROSNS) (up 13.66 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, rose by 2.49% to reach 12,123.66 points (11,828.74 points as of January 31, 2011). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 Index went up by 0.76% to reach 2,324.70 points (2,307.27 points as of January 31, 2011).

January growth on the stock market was accompanied by a decrease of volatility levels when the Russian Volatility Index RTSVX went down by 7.04% to reach 25.61 points (27.55 points as of January 31, 2011).

 Key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market showed a positive trend. The largest gain was demonstrated by the oil & gas sector, with the RTS Oil & Gas Index growing by 10.94%. A significant increase was also reported by the telecommunication sector with the RTS Telecom Index gaining 5.46%. The largest decline was reported by the power industry, with the RTS Electric Utilities Index shedding 2.85%.  

The regional index, RTS Siberia Index, lost 0.91%.

In February the US dollar depreciated by 2.46% against the Russian ruble to reach 28.94 rubles per US dollar (29.67 rubles as of January 31, 2011).

In February 2010 the securities trading volume on RTS equaled USD47.99 billion (1,406.97 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD9,621.83 million.

The top sellers of the month on the RTS Stock Market were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD4,917.6 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD2,242.8 million and OAO "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) with a turnover of USD880.5 million. The share of the above securities in the turnover made up 49.92%, 22.77% and 8.94% respectively.

The top gainers of the month were ordinary shares of BashInformSvyaz  (BISV) that experienced a growth of 104.55% to reach USD0.45,  RAZGULAY Group OJSC    (GRAZ) that went up by 50.84% to reach USD2.7 and JSC Gazprom Neft (SIBN) that gained 21.18% to end up at USD5.15 per share.

The top losers of the month were ordinary shares of JSC Chelpipe  (CHEP) that lost 19.71% to reach USD2.73, OAO "PROTEK"  (PRTK)  that went down by 18.10% to reach USD1.72 and V.Bank (VZRZ) that decreased by 16.33% to USD41.

* 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: February 2011

RTS Top Gainers: February 2011

RTS Top Losers: February 2011

RTS Stock Market leading operators in February 2011

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica in February 2011: Troika Dialog, Citi Group Global Markets ZAO and Deutsche Securities ZAO.

The top three leading operators on RTS Standard in February 2011: OTKRITIE Group, Troika Dialog and ALOR INVEST Ltd.

RTS Classica Leading Operators in February 2011

RTS Standard Leading Operators in February 2011