RTS Released Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: April 11-15, 2011

OREANDA-NEWS. April 25, 2011. Over the week of April 11-15, 2011, the RTS Index went down by 4.39% to reach 2,030.32 points (2,123.56 points as of April 8, 2011). Most of the negative impact on the RTS Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for ordinary shares of Gazprom (GAZPS) (down 24.80 points) followed by ordinary shares of OAO “LUKOIL” (LKOHS)  (down 13.01 points) and ordinary shares of Sberbank (SBERS) (down 10.70 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, lost 4.38% to reach 12,175.52 points (12,733.21 points as of April 8, 2011). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 experienced a decrease of 1.76% closing at 2,363.63 points (2,406.08 points as of April 8, 2011).

Last week’s drop on the stock market was accompanied by a slight decrease of volatility levels when the Russian Volatility Index RTSVX went down by 0.41% to reach 25.06 points (25.17 points as of April 8, 2011).

Last week most of the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated a negative trend. The largest downturn was reported by the oil & gas sector, with the RTS Oil & Gas Index decreasing by 5.64%. A significant decrease was also shown by the metallurgy and power sectors, with the RTS Metals & Mining Index and RTS Electric Utilities Index going down by 3.43% and 3.14% respectively.

The regional index, RTS Siberia Index, lost 0.61%.

Last week the US dollar depreciated by 0.14% against the ruble to reach 28.18 rubles per US dollar (28.23 rubles as of April 8, 2011).

The total securities trading volume on RTS for the week of April 11-15, 2011 equaled USD10.95 billion (307.86 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD2,290.45 million.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD879.94 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD801.44 million and ordinary shares of ОАО "LUKOIL" (LKOH) with a turnover of USD239.39 million. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 37.92%, 34.54% and 10.32% respectively.

The week's top gainers were preferred shares of Ufaneftekhim (UFNCP) that went up by 24.41% to USD2.65 followed by ordinary shares of JSC "TransContainer" (TRCN) – by 7.98% to USD106.9 and  Gazprom  (GAZP) – by 3.91% to reach USD8.77.

The week's top losers were ordinary shares of JSC "CZP" (CHZN) that fell 15.57% to reach USD5.15 followed by ОАО "PROTEK" (PRTK) that lost 11.76% to reach USD1.5 and JSC Chelpipe (CHEP) that shed 8.01% to reach USD3.1.

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

Trading volume of securities on RTS, mln dollars

RTS Stock Market Weekly Best Sellers (11.04.11 - 15.04.11)

 Weekly Top Gainers (11.04.11 - 15.04.11)

Weekly Top Losers (11.04.11 - 15.04.11)

RTS Stock Market Leading Operators

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica: 1 – Troika Dialog, 2 - Deutsche Bank Ltd., 3 – CentroCredit Bank.

RTS Classica Leading Operators (11.04.11 - 15.04.11)