RTS Announced Stock Market Weekly Trading Results: May 16-20, 2011

OREANDA-NEWS. May 25, 2011. Over the week of May 16-20, 2011, the RTS Index went down by 2.20% to reach 1,825.34 points (1,866.30 points as of May 13, 2011). Most of the negative impact on the RTS Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for ordinary shares of Sberbank(SBERS) (down 10.91 points) followed by Gazprom (GAZPS) (down 7.57 points) and "OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKNS) (down 6.13 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, lost 2.40% to reach 10,859.80 points (11,126.25 points as of May 13, 2011). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 experienced a decrease of 1.30% closing at 2,176.08 points (2,204.83 points as of May 13, 2011).

Last week’s drop on the stock market was accompanied by a decrease of volatility levels when the Russian Volatility Index RTSVX went down by 5.68% to reach 26.85 points (28.47 points as of May 13, 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 industrial sector: RTS Industrial Index decreased by 8.74%. A significant decrease was also shown by the power and oil & gas sectors, with the RTS Electric Utilities Index going down by 2.24% and RTS Oil & Gas Index decreasing by 2.23%.

The regional index, RTS Siberia Index, lost 1.13%.

The US dollar rose by 0.05% against the ruble to reach 27.96 rubles per US dollar (27.95 rubles as of May 13, 2011).

The total securities trading volume on RTS for the week of May 16-20, 2011 equaled USD10.47 billion (293.39 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD2,476.00 million.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD1,081.26 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD718.50 million and ordinary shares of JSC  "LUKOIL" (LKOH) with a turnover of USD182.57 million. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 42.84%,28.47% and 7.23% respectively.

The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of Azot (Kemerovo) (AZKM), that went up by 17.90% to USD27.00 followed by JSC  "PROTEK” (PRTK) – by 5.60% to USD1.32 and Electrozinc (ELTZ) – by 4.71% to reach USD44.50.

The week's top losers were ordinary shares of Neftekamsky avtozavod that fell 13.46% to reach USD11.25 followed by preferred shares of Ufaneftekhim (UFNCP) that lost 8.00% to reach USD2.3 and "Nizhnekamskshina" Corp (NKSH) that shed 7.69% to reach USD1.2.

* 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 (16.05.11 - 20.05.11)

Weekly Top Gainers (16.05.11 - 20.05.11)

Weekly Top Losers (16.05.11 - 20.05.11)

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 (16.05.11 - 20.05.11)