Over the week of July 14th – 18th, 2008, the RTS Index went down by 1,47% to reach 2135,38 points (2167,18 points as of July 11th, 2008). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (minus 14,56 points), JSC Uralkali ordinary shares (URKA) (minus 6,26 points) and NLMK ordinary shares (NLMK) (minus 4,77 points).
The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 shed 2,51% to reach 2412,62 points (2474,80 points as of July 11th, 2008). Last week all the key sectors represented on the Russian stock market showed a negative trend. The Industrial sector reported the largest drop: the RTS Index - Industrial shrank by 3,43%, followed by the Retail & Consumer sector: the corresponding Sectoral Index went down by 2,73%. The slightest decline was registered in the Financials, the corresponding RTS Sectoral Index dropped 0,56% only.
The total trading volume on RTS for the week July 14th – 18th, 2008 equaled 6,4 bln dollars (149,4 bln roubles*), including all types of trades.
The week's top sellers were ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) – $65,467 mln., Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) – $45,419 mln. and Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) – $40,389 mln. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 26,15%, 18,14% and 16,13% accordingly.
The week's top gainers were ordinary shares of the Moscow Integrated Electricity Distribution Company (MSRS) – by 10,92% to $0,0965, ordinary shares of JSC VTB Bank (VTBR) – by 7,14% to $0,00375 and ordinary shares of "VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation" (VSMO) – by 6,57% to $146,00.
The week's top losers were URSA Bank privileged shares (URSAP), that fell in price by 17,39% to reach $0,95, ordinary shares of RAZGULAY Group OJSC (GRAZ) that closed 15,63% down at $6,75 per share and ordinary hares of OJSC "Cherkizovo Group" (GCHE) that posted 13,64% loss at $19,00. -- www.rts.ru
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