JSC "RTS Stock Exchange " Weekly Trading Data: April 11th - April 15th, 2005 - Total Trading Volume Increases By 147%

During the week of April 11 th – April 15 th , 2005, total trading volume on the JSC "RTS Stock Exchange" increased by 147% and reached 4 062 million rubles compared with 1 646 million rubles the week before. Second-tier stock turnover increased by 113% and equaled 1 591 million rubles, 39% of the total trading volume.

67 different securities traded on the market 3 790 times (trades in "Gazprom" stock are not taken into account in this statistics) The most popular were "Avtovaz" common stock (12.34% of the total trading volume), "Rosbusinessconsulting" common stock (12.24%), "Norilsk Nickel" common stock (9.78%), "Surgutneftegaz" common stock (1.54%), "North-Western Telecom" common stock (0.38%), and others.

The week's top gainers were "Zhigulevskaya HES" common stock (16.36%), "NTKM" common stock (12.66%), and "YUKOS" common stock (9.19%). Among the week's top losers – "Avtovaz" (-19.30%), "Kirov plant" common stock (-13.37%) and "Norilsk Nickel" common shares (-9.75%).

The most active operators on the market this week were "UFG", "ATON" and "Troika Dialog". As of April 16 th , 2005, 131 professional market participants worked on the market; 272 securities by 188 issuers traded.