OREANDA-NEWS. On 25 June 2008 was announced, that over the week June 16th – 20th, 2008 RTS Index gained 1,19% to reach 2384,75 points (2356,71 points as of June 11th, 2008). Most of the positive impact on RTS Index came from Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (plus 7,03 points), JSC Uralkali ordinary shares (URKA) (plus 5,96 points) and NLMK ordinary shares (NLMK) (plus 5,83 points).

The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 was up by 1,58% to 2645,49 points (2604,45 points as of June 11th, 2008). Last week almost all economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated a positive trend. The largest sectoral growth was registered in the power sector followed by the metals & mining sector, with the corresponding indices going up by 3,66% and 2,38% respectively. The industrials sector was the only one to close in the negative territory: RTS Index – Industrial went down by 0,39%.

Over the week June 16th – 20th, 2008 the total trading volume on RTS equaled 5,3 bln dollars (125,9 bln. roubles*), including all types of trades.

The top sellers of the week were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) - \\$51,125 mln., Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) – \\$28,884 mln., followed by ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) - \\$26,792mln. The share of each security in the trading volume made up 27,03%, 15,27% and 14,16% accordingly.

The top gainers of the week were JSC "OGK-2" ordinary shares (OGKB) that grew by 29,96% to reach \\$0,095, JSC "OGK-2"ordinary shares (OGKE) that went up by 21,29% to reach \\$0,14 and Silvinit ordinary shares (SILV) that gained 14,53% to reach \\$2050.

The top losers of the week were JSC "CZP" ordinary shares (CHZN) that went down by 8,06% to \\$8,55, Mechel ОАО ordinary shares (MTLR) that shed 6,25% to \\$41,25 and Mosenergosbyt ordinary shares (MSSB) that fell in price by 6,00% to \\$0,024.

* The data is received by conversion of daily dollar turnovers into rubles

RTS Stock market leading operators

The first three positions in the RTS Classic Market leading operators rating of the last week took Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO and KIT Finance Ltd. respectively.

The first 3 positions on T+O market: 1 – Universal Investment Company Partner Ltd., 2 – Troika Dialog, 3 – OJSC "VSH-HOLDING".