Over the week of March 10 – March 13, 2009, the RTS Index went up by 13.21% to reach 552.53 points (576.39 points as of March 6, 2009). Most of the positive impact on the Index dynamics was related to the growing prices for OAO "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (plus 15.81 points), ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSN) (plus 13.75 points) and Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (plus 12.79 points).
The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 went up by 4.11% to reach 452.52 points (434.64 points as of March 6, 2009). Last week almost all the key economy sectors represented on the Russian Stock Market showed a positive trend. The largest growth was demonstrated by the oil & gas sector, the corresponding index increased by 13.55%. Significant growth was registered in the consumer & retail sector, with the corresponding index gaining 10.94%. Only the industrial sector performed worse than the market. The RTSI – Industrial went down by 6.05%.
Index
Closing value,
13.03.2009
Weekly change, %
RTS Index
652,53
13,21%
RTS-2 Index
452,52
4,11%
RTS Index - Oil & Gas
111,32
13,55%
RTS Index - Consumer & Retail
76,46
10,94%
RTS Index - Metals & Mining
94,30
7,66%
RTS Index - Industrial
35,73
-6,05%
RTS Index - Electric Utilities
64,96
6,70%
RTS Index - Telecom
85,28
5,99%
RTS Index - Financials
112,15
7,55%
Over the last week the US dollar lost 1.66% against the RF rouble to 35.29 roubles per US dollar (35.89 as of March 6, 2009).
The total trading volume on RTS for the week March 10 – 13, 2009 equaled 1.2 billion dollars (41.7 billion roubles*), including all types of trades.
The week's top sellers were Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) – $5.903 million, followed by ordinary shares of OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKN) - $3.890 million and ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSN) - $3.525 million. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 22.32%, 14.71% и 13.33% respectively.
The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of OJSC Uralkali (URKA) – by 50.0% to $1.95 followed by ordinary shares of JSC VTB Bank (VTBR) – by 31.67% to $0.00079 and ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSN) – by 21.92% to $4.45.
The week's top losers were privileged shares of Surgutneftegas (SNGSP) that fell in price by 3.75% to reach $0.231 followed by ordinary shares of OAO Raspadskaya (RASP) that lost 3.43% to close at $0.845.
* The data is received by conversion of daily dollar turnovers into roubles
Trading volume of securities on RTS, mln dollars
Week
March 10 – 13
Week
March 2 – 6
Change,
%
RTS Stock Market securities turnover
26.45
16.82
57.23%
Volume of OTC trades
1,152.81
1,002.50
14.99%
Total
1,179.26
1,019.32
15.69%
RTS Stock Market Weekly Best Sellers
(10.03.09 - 13.03.09)
The first three positions in the RTS Classic Market leading operators rating of the last week were taken by Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO, and OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC respectively.
The first 3 positions on the RTS T 0 Market: 1 – OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC, 2 – ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO, 3 – Troika Dialog.
RTS Classic Market Leading Operators (10.03.09 - 13.03.09)
