In March 2008 Russian Trading System Index was going down, as compared to the end of February and by the end of the trading session as of March 31st, 2008 reached 2 053,93 against 2 063,94 as of the end of the previous month.
To leaders of negative impact on Russian Trading System Index belonged Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (-16,6) and RAO UESR ordinary shares (EESR) (-8,3). Significant positive impact was related to increasing prices for ordinary shares of LUKOIL (LKOH) (+45,1) and for Rosneft ordinary shares (ROSN) (+14,7).
The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 went down by 8,26% to reach 2 465,21 (2 611,49 as of the end of February, 2008). For the last month practically all key sectors, represented on the Russian stock market, showed a multidirectional dynamics. Russian Trading System Index – Metals and Mining showed the highest rise in liquid securities – 22,98%. However, a considerable drop was registered in sector of Finance and Telecommunications, the corresponding Sectoral Indices went down by 2,89% and 1,56%. The largest drop was registered in electric utilities, financials and metallurgy. RTS Index – Electric Utilities shed 11,55%, RTS Index – Financials shrank by 8,59% and RTS Index – Metals & Mining was down by 8,02%. Significant growth was demonstrated in telecom and oil & gas. RTS Index – Telecom was up by 6,22% and RTS Index – Oil & Gas gained 5,25%.
In March 2008 the trading volume on RTS equaled 25,5 billion dollars (606,2 billion rubles*), including all types of trades.
The top sellers of the month on Russian Trading System Stock market were OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" ordinary shares (GMKN) – $213,3 mln., Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) - $185,6 mln., followed by PAO UESR ordinary shares (EESR) - $161,5 mln. The share of the above securities in the turnover made up 19,16%, 16,67% and 14,50% respectively.
The top gainers of the month were ordinary shares of Ryazan Energy Retail Company (RZSB) that experienced a 100% growth and reached $0,2, ordinary shares of "Nizhnekamskshina" Corp. (NKSH) that went up by 54,55% and reached $1,7 and "VolgaTelecom" ordinary shares (NNSI) that were up by 23,17% to hit $5,05.
The top losers of the week were ordinary shares of JSC "OGK-5" (OGKE), that fell in price by 25,30% to reach $0,1225, privileged shares of URSA Bank (URSAP) that went up by 24,05% to reach $1,2 and PJSC "Belon" ordinary shares (BLNG) that were up by 23,33% and reached $115. -- www.rts.ru
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