Mondo Visione Worldwide Financial Markets Intelligence

FTSE Mondo Visione Exchanges Index:

RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market: Year 2004 Results

Date 24/01/2005

Over the year 2004 the RTS Index increased by 8.3% and closed on December 31st, 2004, at 614.11. The minimum value of the index last year equaled 518.15 (July 27th), the maximum – 781.6 (April 12th).

Total turnover on the RTS Stock Exchange Classic Market in 2004 equaled 5.7 billion US dollars, while in 2003 the number equaled 6.1 billion US dollars. Securities traded 48 842 times (in 2003 this figure 24 million dollars). ???????? ??????, ??? ? ? ?????????? ????, ????? ????? ??? "??? ??????" (26% ?? ?????? ?????? ??????) ? ??? "??????" (21%). ?? ??????? ??????? ????????? ????? ??? "??? "?????????? ??????" (11%).

Common and preferred shares of '"Purneftegaz" ("Rosneft") and common shares of "Verknaya Salda Metallurgical Production Association" were the top market gainers in price. "Severstal", "YUKOS" and "Silovye Machiny" dropped in price the most.

RTS Classic Market: Top Traders in 2004

The "top-five" of the most active companies-traders in 2004 remained the same as in 2003. "Troika Dialog" is the leader. "United Financial Group" is the second, up from the 4th place in 2003. "NIKoil" kept its third place, "Renaissance Broker" came in fourth. "Metropol" investment company is on the fifth place.

Among the ten most active traders on the Classic Market are "Industrial and Construction Bank"," "Antanta-Capital", "Rosbank" and "Brunswick UBS".