OREANDA-NEWS. On 02 February 2009 was announced, that for the IV quarter of 2008 the trading volume on the RTS Stock Market reached USD 38,79 billion (1,06 trillion roubles), including all types of trades. For the same period the average daily trading volume on the RTS Stock Market reached USD 0,59 billion.

On December 31, 2008 the RTS Index closed at 631,89 points, 47,86% down on the closing value as of September 30, 2008 (1211,84 points). Over the reviewed period the second-tier stock index, RTS-2, shed 60,14% to reach 548,20 points (1375,18 points as of September 30, 2008).

Top sellers of the quarter were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) – USD 234,5 mln., ordinary shares of JSC "Salavatnefteorgsintez" (SNOZ) – USD 154,8 mln., followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) – USD 147,0 mln. The share of each security in the trading volume made up 25,43%, 16,78% and 15,94% accordingly.

The first five positions in the RTS Classic Market leading operators rating of the IV Quarter of 2008 took Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO, Renaissance Broker, Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB and UBS Securities CJSC respectively.

The five top leading operators of the RTS T+0 Market in the IV Quarter of 2008: 1 – ALOR INVEST Ltd, 2 – ALOR Plus Corporation, 3 – URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company, 4 – OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC, 5 – KIT Finance Ltd.