Number of deals in July equaled to 11 382 and increased by 35% compared to the previous month. 100 different securities were traded at the market. The most popular second-tier stocks were "Transneft" preferred stock (3% of the total trading volume), "Orenburgneft" preferred stock (2,7%) and "Surgutneftegaz" preferred stock (2,4%), "VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation" common stock (2,3%) and "Uralzvyazinform" common stock (2%).
The month's top gainers were "Ufaorgsintez" preferred stock (76,5%), "Salavatnefteorgsintez" common stock (65,8%) and "Ufaneftekhim" preferred stock (60,0%).
The month's top losers in July were "Votkinsk HEPP" common stock (-13,6%), "NIKOM" common stock (-10,2%) and "Volzhskaya HES" preferred stock (-9,1%).
The most active operators on the market in July 2005 were "Troika Dialog", "ALOR+" and "Sberbank of Russian Federation". "OLMA Investment Firm" moved from 5 th to 4 th position and "Renaissance Broker" went up from 9th place and it is now the 5th. "VIKA-BROKER LIMITED" significantly increased its trading volume and moved from 52 nd to 11 th place.
Currently 135 professional market participants work on the market; 276 securities are traded.
