OREANDA-NEWS. November 30, 2010. For the week of November 22-26, 2010 the Russian stock market experienced multidirectional movement of prices.

The RTS Index (RTSI) went up to 1,602.48 points (0.09%) from 1,600.98 points as of November 19, 2010. At the end of the week the RTS Index was 0.45% lower than a month ago (1,609.79 points as of October 26, 2010) and 17.24% higher than a year ago (1,366.85 points as of November 26, 2009).

Over the week the US dollar added 0.26% against the Russian ruble.

Out of 50 RTSI constituents 24 were pushing the Index up (plus 15.04 points overall), whereas 20 securities had a negative impact (down 13.53 points in total). The price for six securities remained unchanged.

The positive effect leaders were ordinary shares of Sberbank (plus 4.58 points), "OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (plus 1.69 points) and JSC "RusHydro" (plus 1.46 points).

The negative impact was mainly related to the declining prices for ordinary shares of JSC "LUKOIL" (down 6.06 points).

Over 46.42% of the RTSI total capitalization was concentrated in the oil and gas sector. The other large- weight sectors were finance (20.55%) and metallurgy (16.69%).

On the sector level the major positive contributors were finance (plus 3.86 points in total) and metallurgy (plus 2.95) sectors. The major negative contributor was oil & gas sector (down 9.67).

RTSI Futures Contracts

For the week of November 22-26, 2010 the trading volume in the RTSI derivatives amounted to 611.56 billion rubles or 6.15 million contracts. The turnover of futures contracts on the RTS Index made up 63.00% of the total FORTS turnover (Futures and Options on RTS) in cash terms.

The RTS Standard Index

For the week of November 22-26, 2010 the RTS Standard Index demonstrated positive dynamics.

The RTS Standard Index went up by 0.83% to 10,675.09 points (10,587.58 points as of November 19, 2010). At the end of the week the RTS Standard Index was1.81% higher than a month ago (10,485.83 points as of October 26, 2010) and 21.54% higher than a year ago (8,783.51 points as of November 26, 2009).

Out of 15 constituents 11 had a positive impact on the RTS Standard Index (plus 144.88 points overall). Four securities moved negatively (down 57.37 points).

The positive impact was mainly due to the growing prices for ordinary shares of Sberbank (plus 57.39 points) and Gazprom (plus 28.89 points).

The negative effect leaders were ordinary shares of JSC "LUKOIL' (down 32.90 points).

Out of the blue chips the top gainers were ordinary shares of JSC "RusHydro" that added 4.84%, preferred shares anB ordinary shares of Sberbank that went up by 4.36% and 2.81% respectively.

The oil & gas sector accounted for 5239% of the RTS Standard Index' total capitalization. The other large-weight sectors were finance (25.01%) and metallurgy (14.44%).

Ticker

Stock

Weight in the RTS Standard Index, %

Weight in the RTS Index, %

SBERS

Sberbank, ordinary

19.69%

15.83%

SBERPS 1

Sberbank, preferred

1.67%

1.34%

GAZPS

Gazprom, ordinary

17.84%

14.34%

LKOHS 1

LUKOIL, ordinary

16.69%

13.42%

GMKNS

NORILSK NICKEL, ordinary

10.58%

8.50%

ROSNS 1

Rosneft. ordinary 1

7.71 %

6.20%

SNGSS

Surgutneftegas, ordinary

6.09%

4.89%

SNGSPS 1

Surgutneftegas, preferred

1.80%

1.45%

VTBRS

VTB Bank, ordinary

3.65%

2.93%

URKAS 1

Uralkali, ordinary 1

3.06%

1 2.46%

HYDRS

RusHydro, ordinary

3.05%

2.45%

PLZLS 1

Polyus Gold, ordinary

2.28%

1 1.84%

TATNS

Tatneft, ordinary

2.26%

1.81%

FEESS 1

FGS UES, ordinary

2.05%

1 1.64%

CHMFS

Severstal, ordinary

1.58%

1.27%

Total 1

 

100.00%

1 80.38%

Second-tier stocks

For the week of November 22-26, 2010 the second tier stocks market demonstrated positive dynamics.

Over the reviewed period the RTS-2 Index added 1.55% to reach 2,032.64 points (2,001.60 points as of November 19, 2010). At the end of the week the RTS-2 Index was 2.01% higher than a month ago (2,992.66 points as of October 26, 2010), and 50.84% higher than a year ago (1,347.56 points as of November 26, 2009).

33 constituents out of 67 stocks on the basis of which the RTS-2 Index is calculated had a positive impact on the RTS-2 Index (plus 40.39 points overall), whereas 13 instruments were offsetting this effect (down 9.35 points). The price for 21 securities remained unchanged.

Most of the positive effect was related to the growing prices for ordinary shares of JSC "OGK-4" (plus 9.51 points), JSC Raspadskaya (plus 3.31 points) and WBD Foods (plus 2.30 points).

The negative impact was mainly due to the falling prices for ordinary shares of OJSC "Volga TGC" (down 4.04 points).

In terms of weight in the RTS-2 Index, the power sector was the largest (32.0%), followed by the consumer goods & trading sector (18.6%) and metallurgy sector (13.3%).

Most of the RTS-2 Index growth was due to the positive contributions by the securities of the following sectors: consumer (plus 8.98 points overall) followed by telecommunication (plus 7.82 points in total).

RTS Siberia Index

For the week of November 22-26, 2010 stocks constituting the RTS Siberia Index showed positive dynamics.

The RTS Siberia Index went up by 3.21% to close at 941.79 points (912.51 points as of November 19, 2010). At the end of the week the RTS Siberia Index was 5.09% higher than a month ago (896.21 points as of October 26, 2010) and 36.40% higher than a year ago (690.48 points as of November 26, 2009).

Out of the 11 component stocks eight had positive impact on the Index's dynamics (plus 30.41 points). One security moved negatively (down 1.13). The price for two securities remained unchanged.

The positive effect leaders were ordinary shares of JSC Raspadskaya (plus 10.48 points) and OJSC Sibirtelekom (plus 6.99 points).

The negative impact on RTS Siberia Index was coming only from the price decline of ordinary shares of JSC "Irkutskenergo" (down 1.13 points).

The power sector accounted for 37.7% of the RTS Siberia Index' total capitalization. The other large-weight sectors were metallurgy (36.9%) and oil & gas (13.6%)

The RTS family of indices

Index

Last

Change over (Period), %

Value

Week

Month

Quarter

Year

RTS Index

1,602.48

0.09%

-0.45%

13.69%

17.24%

RTS Standard Index

10,675.09

0.83%

1.81%

15.04%

21.54%

RTS-2 Index

2,032.64

1.55%

2.01%

17.45%

50.84%

RTS Metals & Mining Index

305.41

1.03%

4.73%

21.59%

34.53%

RTS Oil & Gas Index

179.85

-1.33%

-2.59%

6.45%

-0.26%

RTS Consumer & Retail Index

380.21

2.77%

8.44%

18.75%

63.73%

RTS Industrial Index

192.91

2.10%

10.65%

37.08%

34.24%

RTS Telecom Index

243.56

3.13%

5.44%

19.50%

44.51%

RTS Finances Index

411.05

0.21%

-1.56%

21.15%

18.59%

RTS Electric Utilities Index

264.92

1.48%

-0.53%

10.57%

29.77%

RTS Siberia Index

941.79

3.21%

5.09%

14.19%

36.40%

For the week the RTS Index added 0.09% to reach 1,602.48 points (1,600.98 points as of November 19, 2010), the RTS Standard Index (blue chips index) increased by 0.83% to end up at 10,675.09 points (10,587.58 points as of November 19, 2010)

Last week most of the key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market demonstrated positive dynamics. The largest growth was shown by the telecommunication sector. The RTS Telecom Index grew by 3.13%. The substantial upturn was also demonstrated by the consumer sector with the RTS Consumer &Retail Index increasing by 2.77% and industrial sector with the RTS Industrial Index going up by 2.10%. The decline was shown only by the oil & gas sector with the RTS Oil & Gas Index fell 1.33%.

The regional RTS Siberia Index added 3.21%.

The US dollar appreciated by 0.26% against the Russian ruble to reach 31.28 rubles per US dollar (31.20 rubles as of November 19, 2010).