OREANDA-NEWS. April 8, 2011. For the I Quarter of 2011 the trading volume on the RTS Stock Market reached USD136.1 billion (RUB3.97 trillion), including all types of trades. For the same period the average daily trading volume on the RTS Stock Market reached USD2.43 billion. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD26,820.2 million.

On March 31, 2011 the RTS Index closed at 2,044.20 points, which is a 15.47% increase on its value as of December 30, 2010 (1,770.28 points). The RTS Standard Index ended up at 12,411.57 points, 8.94% up on its value as of December 30, 2010 (11,393.51 points). Over the reviewed period the second-tier stock index, RTS-2 Index, added 5.33% to reach 2,357.10 points (2,237.93 points as of December 30, 2010).

In the I Quarter the growth on the stock market was accompanied by a decrease of volatility levels when the Russian Volatility Index RTSVX went down by 7.84% to reach 24.23 points (26.29 points as of December 30, 2010).

Last quarter all the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated a positive trend. The largest growth was reported by the oil & gas sector, with the RTS Oil & Gas Index adding 22.95%. A sustainable increase was also shown by the industrial and finance sectors, with the RTS Industrial Index and RTS Finances Index going up by 13.12% and 8.61% respectively.

Last quarter the US dollar depreciated by 6.36% against the ruble to reach 28.43 rubles per US dollar (30.36 rubles as of December 30, 2010).

Index

Closing

value 31.03.2011

Quarterly change, %

RTS Index

2,044.20

15.47%

RTS Standard Index

12,411.57

8.94%

RTS-2 Index

2,357.10

5.33%

RTS Metals & Mining Index

376.76

5.89%

RTS Oil & Gas Index

242.17

22.95%

RTS Consumer & Retail Index

446.76

1.37%

RTS Industrial Index

238.87

13.12%

RTS Telecom Index

491.97

8.61%

RTS Finances Index

272.74

-0.30%

RTS Electric Utilities Index

981.61

-1.83%

RTS Siberia Index

24.23

-7.84%

The quarter’s top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD12,985.3 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD6,309.3 million and ordinary shares of JSC  “LUKOIL” (LKOH) with a turnover of USD2,736.7 million. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 47.34%, 23.00% and 9.98% respectively.

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica in the I Quarter of 2011 were Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO and  Citi Group Global Markets ZAO.

The top three leading operators on RTS Standard in the I Quarter of 2011 were OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC, Troika Dialog and ALOR INVEST Ltd.

RTS Stock Market Best Sellers: I Quarter 2011

Ticker

Company name

Trading volume, dollars

Share
in RTS

SBER

Sberbank, ordinary

12,985,342,064

47.34%

GAZP

Gazprom, ordinary

6,309,317,158

23.00%

LKOH

ОАО "LUKOIL", ordinary

2,736,743,093

9.98%

ROSN

OJSC "OC "Rosneft", ordinary

1,156,204,175

4.22%

GMKN

OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL", ordinary

1,017,355,503

3.71%

SBERP

Sberbank, preferred

908,793,450

3.31%

RSTRS

Troika Dialog AM, “Troika Dialog – RTS Standard Index”, fund units

670,208,755

2.44%

VTBR

JSC VTB Bank, ordinary

503,923,765

1.84%

SNGS

Surgutneftegas, ordinary

353,798,013

1.29%

PLZL

OJSC "Polyus Gold", ordinary

137,447,169

0.50%

RTS Classica Leading Operators: I Quarter 2011

I Quarter 2011

IV Quarter 2010

Ticker

Company name

1

1

TROY

Troika Dialog

2

12

DBRU

Deutsche Securities ZAO

3

3

CITG

Citi Group Global Markets ZAO

4

6

RENC

Renaissance Broker

5

4

CKBN

CentroCredit Bank

6

11

CSSM

LLC "Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow)"

7

9

VTBC

CJSC VTB Capital

8

5

CITF

KIT Finance Ltd.

9

7

BUBS

UBS Securities CJSC

10

10

JPMS

CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (LLC)

11

8

UNCR

UniCredit Securities CJSC

12

16

NKOL

URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company

13

13

GOLD

Goldman Sachs LLC

14

14

VTBR

JSC VTB Bank

15

22

PSTR

POLAR STAR IFC

16

20

ALOR

ALOR INVEST Ltd

17

19

RMGS

Rye, Man and Gor

18

25

MTRF

METROPOL IFCo. Ltd.

19

27

PRSP

PROSPECT INVESTMENT CO

20

23

INGB

ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO

21

15

OPEN

OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC

22

31

BROK

Brokercreditservice Ltd.

23

28

MLSE

LLC  Merrill Lynch Securities

24

17

MEIN

Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB

25

39

MBWB

MDM Bank

RTS Standard Leading Operators: I Quarter 2011

I Quarter 2011

IV Quarter 2010

Ticker

Company name

1

1

OPEN

OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC

2

2

TROY

Troika Dialog

3

3

ALOR

ALOR INVEST Ltd

4

5

OLMA

OLMA Investment Firm

5

4

ITIN

JSC "Investment Company "ITInvest"

6

7

FINA

Investment Company FINAM CJSC

7

6

BROK

Brokercreditservice Ltd.

8

9

INFA

Infina Investment Company JSC

9

8

MEIN

Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB

10

10

CITF

KIT Finance Ltd.

11

20

DBRU

Deutsche Bank Ltd.

12

13

SOLD

Solid

13

19

MABM

"IJS BANK"

14

16

PITT

JSC "Piter Trust Investment Company"

15

22

FMCS

NETTRADER LLC

16

24

BDAL

ABH

17

27

ZERH

Zerich Capital Management IC OJSC

18

15

VTBC

CJSC VTB Capital

19

17

OCTN

Octan-Broker

20

14

RICF

RIC-Finance

21

28

INSI

Instroyinvest IMC

22

21

BUBS

UBS Securities CJSC

23

23

RENC

Renaissance Broker

24

18

ATLN

ATON LLC

25

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FORC

Fora-Capital