RTS Announced Stock Market Trading Results: April 2011

OREANDA-NEWS. May 06, 2011. In April 2011 the RTS Index went down by 0.84% to 2,026.94 points as of April 29, 2011 against 2,044.20 points as of March 31, 2011. Most of the negative impact on the RTS Index dynamics was coming from the shedding prices for ordinary shares of JSC  “LUKOIL” (LKOHS) (down 9.08 points), Sberbank  (SBERS) (down 8.69 points) followed by JSC VTB Bank (VTBRS) (down 5.78 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, decreased by 4.18% to reach 11,893.21 points (12,411.57 points as of March 31, 2011). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 Index went down by 1.70% to reach 2,317.07 points (2,357.10 points as of March 31, 2011).

April drop on the stock market was accompanied by an increase of volatility levels when the Russian Volatility Index RTSVX went up by 0.14% to reach 24.27 points (24.23 points as of March 31, 2011).

Almost all key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market showed a negative trend. The largest decline was demonstrated by the finance sector, with the RTS Finances Index losing 4.60%. A significant reduction was also reported by the power sector with the RTS Electric Utilities Index shedding 4.45%. The smallest fall was reported by the oil & gas industry, with the RTS Oil & Gas Index going down by 0.30%.  

The regional index, RTS Siberia Index, lost 2.10%.

In April the US dollar depreciated by 3.28% against the Russian ruble to reach 27.50 rubles per US dollar (28.43 rubles as of March 31, 2011).

In April 2010 the securities trading volume on RTS equaled USD46.64 billion (1,312.92 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD9,272.34 million.

The top sellers of the month on the RTS Stock Market were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD3,822.0 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD2,811.9 million and JSC  "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) with a turnover of USD1,067.6 million. The share of the above securities in the turnover made up 40.61%, 29.88% and 11.34% respectively.

The top gainers of the month were preferred shares of Ufaneftekhim (UFNCP) that experienced a growth of 38.46% to reach USD2.7, ordinary shares of Ufaneftekhim (UFNC) that went up by 12.96% to reach USD6.1 and ordinary shares of Electrozinc (ELTZ) that gained 11.11% to end up at USD40.0 per share.

The top losers of the month were ordinary shares of "IDGC of Volga, JSC" (MRKV) that lost 19.35% to reach USD0.005, followed by OJSC "Russian Sea Group"  (RSEA)  that went down by 16.87% to reach USD2.07 and "IDGC of Center and Volga Region, JSC" (MRKP) that decreased by 13.64% to USD0.00855.

* 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: April 2011

RTS Top Gainers: April 2011

Ticker	Company name, share type	Last price, US dollars	Change, %	Trading volume, US dollars
UFNCP	Ufaneftekhim, preferred	2.7	38.46%	3,650,754
UFNC	Ufaneftekhim, ordinary	6.1	12.96%	1,957,869
ELTZ	Electrozinc, ordinary	40	11.11%	117,679
NVTK	JSC "NOVATEK", ordinary	13.53	10.27%	2,955,739
TRCN	JSC "TransContainer", ordinary	111	9.90%	113,500

RTS Top Losers: April 2011

Ticker	Company name, share type	Last price, US dollars	Change, %	Trading volume, US dollars
MRKV	"IDGC of Volga, JSC", ordinary	0.005	-19.35%	151,500
RSEA	OJSC "Russian Sea Group", ordinary	2.07	-16.87%	128,990
MRKP	"IDGC of Center and Volga Region, JSC", ordinary	0.00855	-13.64%	282,337
SAGOP	Samaraenergo, preferred	0.015	-11.76%	570,447
GAZA	GAZ, ordinary	47	-11.74%	644,731

RTS Stock Market leading operators in April 2011

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica in April 2011: Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO and CentroCredit Bank.

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

RTS Classica Leading Operators in April 2011

The month's rating: April 2011	The month’s rating: March 2011	Code	Company name
1	1	TROY	Troika Dialog
2	2	DBRU	Deutsche Securities ZAO
3	4	CKBN	CentroCredit Bank
4	3	CITG	Citi Group Global Markets ZAO
5	12	BUBS	UBS Securities CJSC
6	5	RENC	Renaissance Broker
7	6	VTBC	CJSC VTB Capital
8	7	CSSM	LLC "Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow)"
9	16	PRSP	PROSPECT INVESTMENT CO
10	14	NKOL	URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company
11	24	FINA	Investment Company FINAM CJSC
12	10	CITF	KIT Finance Ltd.
13	15	RMGS	Rye, Man and Gor
14	32	MONO	MONOLIT
15	17	PSTR	POLAR STAR IFC
16	11	JPMS	CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (LLC)
17	18	INGB	ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO
18	22	OPEN	OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC
19	13	MLSE	LLC  Merrill Lynch Securities
20	20	UNCR	UniCredit Securities CJSC
21	21	ATLN	ATON LLC
22	8	MTRF	METROPOL IFCo. Ltd.
23	29	ALFC	ALFA-BANK
24	27	SCNT	Vostochnaya Fondovaya Kompania JSC
25	35	VELS	IC VELES Capital

RTS Standard Leading Operators in April 2011

The month's rating: April 2011	The month’s rating: March 2011	Code	Company name
1	1	OPEN	OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC
2	2	TROY	Troika Dialog
3	3	ALOR	ALOR INVEST Ltd
4	4	OLMA	OLMA Investment Firm
5	5	ITIN	JSC "Investment Company "ITInvest"
6	9	BROK	Brokercreditservice Ltd
7	7	FINA	Investment Company FINAM CJSC
8	8	CITF	KIT Finance Ltd
9	21	INSI	Instroyinvest IMC
10	6	INFA	Infina Investment Company JSC
11	10	MEIN	Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB
12	12	BDAL	ABH
13	13	DBRU	Deutsche Bank Ltd.
14	11	FMCS	NETTRADER LLC
15	14	ZERH	Zerich Capital Management IC OJSC
16	15	SOLD	Solid
17	18	VTBC	CJSC VTB Capital
18	24	USIB	LLC "URALSIB Capital - Financial Services"
19	20	OCTN	Octan-Broker
20	16	PITT	JSC "Piter Trust Investment Company"
21	17	MABM	"IJS BANK"
22	23	FORC	Fora-Capital
23	19	RICF	RIC-Finance
24	25	RENC	Renaissance Broker
25	41	CSSM	LLC "Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow)"