OREANDA-NEWS. January 31, 2012. In December, the MICEX Index went down by 6.49% to 1 402.23 points (1 499.62 on November 30, 2011).

RTS Index went down by 10.32% to 1 381.87 points (1 540.81 on November 30, 2011). For the last month, the U.S. Dollar went up by 2.23% against the Ruble.

In December, the Russian stock market showed decreasing volatility: the Russian volatility index, RTSVX, went down by 18.23% to 38.13 points (46.63 points on November 30, 2011).

All key sectors represented on the Russian stock market showed a negative trend in the last month. Leading the decline was the Power Sector - the RTS Electric Utilities Index went down by 13.39%. A considerable decline was demonstrated by the Metallurgy and Consumer Goods & Trading Sectors - the RTS Metals and Mining Index lost 12.02%, and the RTS Consumer & Retail Index went down by 11.73%. The MICEX Innovation Index went down by 2.81%.

The stock market's decline primarily affected small-cap companies - MICEX Small Cap Index lost 9.64% while MICEX Mid Cap Index and MICEX Large Cap Index went down by 8.04% and 6.65%, respectively.

Index

Last Value

Return over the period, %

Month

Quarter

Year

3 Years

Composite Indic

es

 

 

 

MICEX Index

1 402,23

-6,49% 2,61%

-16,93%

126,34%

RTS Index

1 381,87

-10,32% 3,04%

-21,94%

118,69%

RTS Standard Index

9 592,15

-6,39% 3,10%

-15,81%

129,76%

Sectoral Indices (in RUB)*

 

 

 

Oil & Gas

2 983,37

-4,80% 10,30%

0,05%

166,31%

Electric Utilities

2 053,02

-13,39% -1,76%

-40,24%

130,12%

Consumer & Retail

3 907,80

-11,73%

-9,91%

-36,23%

277,78%

Telecommunication

2 077,30

-8,87%

9,88%

-14,79%

232,96%

Industrials

1 715,16

-5,16% 2,14%

-40,48%

199,27%

Financials Chemicals

4 815,12 6 936,21

-6,12% -3,19% -8,40% 13,49%

-29,68% 10,53%

115,02% 353,69%

Metals & Mining

3 082,65

-12,02% -13,46%

-47,64%

166,54%

Cap Indices

 

 

 

 

Large Cap

2 270,68

-6,65% 1,43%

-16,10%

120,73%

Mid Cap

2 284,40

-8,04% 1,89%

-28,74%

179,00%

Small Cap

3 454,75

-9,64% -10,21%

-41,85%

184,79%

Thematic indices

 

 

 

Russian Volatility Index

38,13

-18,23% -33,42%

45,02%

-40,33%

RTS Siberia Index

668,87

-5,41%

-9,00%

-33,11%

168,13%

MICEX Innovation Index

770,11

-2,81%

-0,86%

-29,16%

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Currency (CBR)

 

 

 

 

USD/RUB

32,02

2,23% 0,45%

5,47%

8,98%

* Sector indices based or

prices in US

> dollars are also availai

ble

 

As a result of the described dynamics, by the end of the month, the MICEX Index was 16.93% lower compared to its closing level one year ago (1 687.99 points on December 30, 2010).

Trading in Index-based securities on an overall basis amounted to RUR 1 158.61 billion in December 2011, and the total Index-based securities capitalization by the end of the month amounted to RUR 18 932.98 billion.

At month end, 27 stocks out of MICEX Index's total 30 constituents, had a negative impact on the index (-6.55%), while 3 securities moved positively (+0.06%).

In December, the major negative contributors were the securities of the Oil & Gas (-1.83%) and Finance (-0.65%) sectors.

The most negative impact came from ordinary shares of JSC "Sberbank Rossii" (-1.10%), JSC "GMK Norilsk Nickel" (-0.28%) and JSC "NOVATEK" (-0.54%).

The most positive impact was coming from the price increase of ordinary shares of JSC "Gazprom neft" (+0.04%).

56.1% of the MICEX Index total capitalization concentrated in the Oil & Gas Sector. The other large-weight sectors were Finance (16.9%) and Metallurgy (8.5%).

As a result of the described dynamics, the RTS Index as of the end of the month was 21.94% lower compared to its closing level one year ago (1 770.28 points on December 30, 2010).

The decrease of the RTS Index in the previous month was accompanied by a volatility decrease. The Russian volatility index RTSVX went down by 18.23%.

In December 2011, 46 stocks out of RTSI's total 50 constituents, had negative impact on the index's dynamics (-10.34%), while four securities moved positively (+0.02%).

In December, the major negative contributors were the securities of the Oil & Gas (-3.98 %) and Finance (-2.61%) sectors.

The most negative impact came from the decreasing prices of ordinary shares of JSC "Sberbank Rossii" (-1.84%), JSC "Gazprom" (-1.04%) and JSC "Surgutneftegas" (-0.85%).

Most of the positive impact on RTSI dynamics came from the price growth of ordinary shares of JSC 'Gazprom neft" (+0.01%).

In December 2011, trading in Index-based derivatives on FORTS amounted to RUR 3 138.95 billion or 35.0 million contracts.

Futures based on RTSI remained the most liquid derivative contracts on the FORTS market. The volume of trading on these contracts in December amounted to RUR 2 891.52 billion or 32.33 million contracts.

In the last month, all the RTSI-based futures traded in backwardation. The RTSI lost 10.32%, while the March futures went down by 10.69% and the June futures declined 10.57%.

The total volume of opened positions in the RTSI-based futures went down by 22.70% against the end of the previous month.

Trading in MICEX Index-based derivatives on FORTS in December 2011 amounted to RUR 129.14 billion, or 19.0 thousand contracts. For the last month, the volume of opened positions on MICEX-based futures went up by 100.58%.

Trading in RTSI-based options in the previous month amounted to RUR 217.34 billion or 2.41 million contracts. The volume of opened positions as of the end of the month amounted to RUR 40.66 billion or 444.48 thousand contracts, while the share of call options in the total open interest made up 68.7%. The major open interest on call options was concentrated at the strike of 150 000, while the maximum on put options was observed at the strike of 120 000.

For the last month, the volume of opened positions in the RTSI-based futures went down by 55.89%.