OREANDA-NEWS. April 5, 2011. In March 2011 the RTS Index went up by 3.77% to 2,044.20 points as of March 31, 2011 against 1,969.91 points as of February 28, 2011. Most of the positive impact on the RTS Index dynamics was coming from the growing prices for ordinary shares of Gazprom  (GAZPS) (up 30.90 points), Sberbank  (SBERS) (up 19.47 points) followed by "OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" (GMKNS) (up 12.00 points).

The RTS Standard Index, the blue chips index, rose by 2.37% to reach 12,411.57 points (12,123.66 points as of February 28, 2011). The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 Index went up by 1.39% to reach 2,357.10 points (2,324.70 points as of February 28, 2011).

January growth on the stock market was accompanied by a decrease of volatility levels when the Russian Volatility Index RTSVX went down by 7.04% to reach 25.61 points (27.55 points as of January 31, 2011).

 Key economy sectors represented on the Russian stock market showed a positive trend. The largest gain was demonstrated by the oil & gas sector, with the RTS Oil & Gas Index growing by 2.88%. A significant increase was also reported by the metallurgy sector with the RTS Metals & Mining Index gaining 2.14%. The largest decline was reported by the power industry, with the RTS Electric Utilities Index shedding 1.28%.  

The regional index, RTS Siberia Index, lost 1.92%.

In March the US dollar depreciated by 1.77% against the Russian ruble to reach 28.43 rubles per US dollar (28.94 rubles as of February 28, 2011).

Index

Closing Value 31.03.2011

Monthly

Change, %

RTS Index

2,044.20

3.77%

RTS Standard Index

12,411.57

2.37%

RTS-2 Index

2,357.10

1.39%

RTS Metals & Mining Index

376.76

2.14%

RTS Oil & Gas Index

242.17

2.88%

RTS Consumer & Retail Index

446.76

0.68%

RTS Industrial Index

238.87

-0.16%

RTS Telecom Index

491.97

-0.17%

RTS Finances Index

272.74

-1.28%

RTS Electric Utilities Index

981.61

-1.92%

RTS Siberia Index

24.23

-5.38%

In March 2010 the securities trading volume on RTS equaled USD50.58 billion (1,440.18 billion rubles*), including all types of trades. The trading volume on RTS Standard totaled USD9,907.33 million.

The top sellers of the month on the RTS Stock Market were Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with a turnover of USD4,228.2 million followed by Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with a turnover of USD1,235.5 million and OAO "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) with a turnover of USD1,235.5 million. The share of the above securities in the turnover made up 41.78%, 26.46% and 12.21% respectively.

The top gainers of the month were ordinary shares of Sistema JSFC  (AFKS) that experienced a growth of 17.65% to reach USD1.2,  preferred shares of JSOC Bashneft  (BANEP) that went up by 16.84% to reach USD44.4 and ordinary shares of Ufaneftekhim  (UFNC) that gained 16.38% to end up at USD5.4 per share.

The top losers of the month were preferred shares of JSC  Nizhnekamskneftekhim  (NKNCP) that lost 14.90% to reach USD0.4425, ordinary shares of MASHINOSTROITELNY ZAVOD (MASZ)  that went down by 14.81% to reach USD230 and JSC "LENENERGO" (LSNG) that decreased by 14.13% to USD0.79.

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

Trading volume of securities on RTS, mln dollars

 

March

February

Change, %

RTS Classica and T+0 Market turnover

213.57

229.65

-7.00%

RTS Standard turnover

9,907.33

9,621.83

2.97%

Volume of OTC trades

40,460.42

38,133.88

6.10%

Total

50,581.33

47,985.36

5.41%

RTS Stock Market Best Sellers: March 2011

Ticker

Company name, share type

Trading volume,

 US dollars

Share, %

SBER

Sberbank, ordinary

4,228,179,800

41.78%

GAZP

Gazprom, ordinary

2,677,989,380

26.46%

LKOH

OAO "LUKOIL", ordinary

1,235,481,747

12.21%

ROSN

OJSC "OC "Rosneft", ordinary

438,173,852

4.33%

GMKN

OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL", ordinary

398,088,894

3.93%

SBERP

Sberbank, preferred

331,381,315

3.27%

RSTRS

Troika Dialog AM, “Troika Dialog – RTS Standard Index”, fund units

212,431,194

2.10%

VTBR

JSC VTB Bank, ordinary

170,172,359

1.68%

SNGS

Surgutneftegas, ordinary

122,949,012

1.21%

PLZL

OJSC "Polyus Gold", ordinary

51,880,116

0.51%

RTS Top Gainers: March 2011

Ticker

Company name, share type

Last price,
US dollars

Change, %

Trading volume,
US dollars

AFKS

Sistema JSFC, ordinary 

1.2

17.65%

1,265,794

BANEP

JSOC Bashneft, preferred

44.4

16.84%

6,161,831

UFNC

Ufaneftekhim, ordinary

5.4

16.38%

1,236,124

UKUZ

Southern Kuzbass Coal Company OAO, ordihnary 

60.25

15.87%

74,222

MSSB

Mosenergosbyt, ordinary

0.02

14.29%

59,000

RTS Top Losers: March 2011

Ticker

Company name, share type

Last price,
US dollars

Change, %

Trading volume,
US dollars

NKNCP

JSC  Nizhnekamskneftekhim, preferred

0.4425

-14.90%

179,612

MASZ

MASHINOSTROITELNY ZAVOD, ordinary

230

-14.81%

200,278

LSNG

JSC "LENENERGO", ordinary 

0.79

-14.13%

360,410

MRKU

"IDGC of of Urals", JSC, ordinary 

0.00948

-13.58%

654,717

GRAZ

RAZGULAY Group OJSC, ordinary

2.35

-12.96%

106,346

RTS Stock Market leading operators in March 2011

The top three leading operators on RTS Classica in March 2011: Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO and Citi Group Global Markets ZAO.

The top three leading operators on RTS Standard in March 2011: OTKRITIE Group, Troika Dialog and ALOR INVEST Ltd.

RTS Classica Leading Operators in March 2011

The month's rating:
March 2011

The month’s rating:

February 2011

Code

Company name

1

1

TROY

Troika Dialog

2

3

DBRU

Deutsche Securities ZAO

3

2

CITG

Citi Group Global Markets ZAO

4

7

CKBN

CentroCredit Bank

5

6

RENC

Renaissance Broker

6

8

VTBC

CJSC VTB Capital

7

5

CSSM

LLC "Credit Suisse Securities (Moscow)"

8

31

MTRF

METROPOL IFCo. Ltd.

9

33

ALOR

ALOR INVEST Ltd

10

11

CITF

KIT Finance Ltd.

11

14

JPMS

CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (LLC)

12

4

BUBS

UBS Securities CJSC

13

39

MLSE

LLC  Merrill Lynch Securities

14

17

NKOL

URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company

15

16

RMGS

Rye, Man and Gor

16

22

PRSP

PROSPECT INVESTMENT CO

17

13

PSTR

POLAR STAR IFC

18

19

INGB

ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO

19

23

MEIN

Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB

20

12

UNCR

UniCredit Securities CJSC

21

26

ATLN

ATON LLC

22

21

OPEN

OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC

23

42

UNTR

UNITY TRUST Brokerage Firm JSC

24

24

FINA

Investment Company FINAM CJSC

25

25

SOVL

SOVLINK LLC

RTS Standard Leading Operators in March 2011

The month's rating:
March 2011

The month’s rating:

February 2011

Code

Company name

1

1

OPEN

OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC

2

2

TROY

Troika Dialog

3

3

ALOR

ALOR INVEST Ltd

4

4

OLMA

OLMA Investment Firm

5

5

ITIN

JSC "Investment Company "ITInvest"

6

10

INFA

Infina Investment Company JSC

7

6

FINA

Investment Company FINAM CJSC

8

9

CITF

KIT Finance Ltd

9

7

BROK

Brokercreditservice Ltd

10

8

MEIN

Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB

11

18

FMCS

NETTRADER LLC

12

16

BDAL

ABH

13

14

DBRU

Deutsche Bank Ltd.

14

17

ZERH

Zerich Capital Management IC OJSC

15

11

SOLD

Solid

16

13

PITT

JSC "Piter Trust Investment Company"

17

12

MABM

"IJS BANK"

18

15

VTBC

CJSC VTB Capital

19

19

RICF

RIC-Finance

20

23

OCTN

Octan-Broker

21

20

INSI

Instroyinvest IMC

22

29

ATLN

ATON LLC

23

25

FORC

Fora-Capital

24

24

USIB

LLC "URALSIB Capital - Financial Services"

25

22

RENC

Renaissance Broker