Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market: August 23rd – August 27th, 2004

Date 30/08/2004

For the week of August 23rd – August 27th, 2004, the RTS Index gained 4.24% points and closed at 575.10. The RTS Current Quotes Index (RTST) increased by 3.96%, from 608.26 to 632.37.

This week’s top gainers were Ryazanenergo common shares (RZEN) that jumped 16.16% and reached $0.115 per share, Chelyabinsk metallurgic plant common shares (MECH) that posted a 11.30% gain and closed at $128 and AVTOVAZ common shares (AVAZ) that reached $24.3, up 9.95% on last closing.

Among the week’s top losers were YUKOS common shares (YUKO) that closed 1.73% lower at $3.98 per share and South telecommunication company common shares (KUBN) that closed 0.80% down at $0.0074.

The best selling were LUKoil common shares (LKOH) with total weekly turnover of 31.689 million US dollars, RAO UES of Russia common shares (EESR), their trading volume reaching 8.729 million dollars, and YUKOs common shares (YUKO) – 2.870 million US dollars. The share of each security in total trading volume equaled 55.23%, 15.21% and 5.00%, respectively.