OREANDA-NEWS  On 07 November was announced, that over the week of October 27th – November 1st, 2008, the RTS Index went up by 46,04% to reach 802,39 points (549,43 points as of October 24th, 2008). Most of the positive impact on the Index dynamics was related to the rising prices for Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (plus 56,58 points), "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (plus 51,97 points) and Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (plus 36,53 points).

The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 shed 4,79% to reach 733,61 points (770,48 points as of October 24th, 2008). Last week most of the key economy sectors represented on the Russian Stock Market closed in the green. The major positive contributor was the oil & gas sector, the corresponding index soared by 52,93%. Significant growth was registered in the metals & mining sector, with the corresponding index gaining 36,18%. The main loser was the consumer & retail sector. The RTSI – Consumer & Retail slumped 9,38%.

The total trading volume on RTS for the week October 24th – November 1st, 2008 equaled 2,4 bln. dollars (64,2 bln. roubles*), including all types of trades.

The week's top sellers were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) – USD 13,095 mln., followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) - USD 12,179 mln. and ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) – USD 8,772 mln. The share of each security in the total trading volume made up 21,85%, 20,32% и 14,64% accordingly.

The week's top gainers were OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" ordinary shares (GMKN) – by 77,78% to USD 104,0, ordinary shares of OJSC "OC "Rosneft" (ROSN) – by 77,78% to USD 4,8 and Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) – 77,24% to USD 5,14.

The week's top losers were Ufaneftekhim privileged shares (UFNCP), that fell in price by 39,02% to reach USD 0,25, ordinary shares of IDGC of Siberia, JSC (MRKS) that closed 36,36% down at USD 0,0035 per share and ordinary shares of WBD Foods (WBDF) that posted 35,0% loss at USD 13,0.

RTS Stock Market Leading Operators

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

The first 3 positions on the RTS T+0 Market: 1 – Troika Dialog, 2 – KIT Finance Ltd., 3 – Baltic Financial Agency CJSC.

Detailed information are available here.