RTS Stock Exchange - Order-Driven Market: Weekly Market Data

For the week of March 29th - April 2nd, 2004, the total trading volume of direct and indirect transactions (including REPO transactions) reached 7 946 million rubles. Internet trading accounted for 32%, same as last week. 9 091 transactions were executed.

Order-Driven Market	Indirect Transactions		Direct Transactions and REPO transactions		Total Trading Volume
	Volume, RUR	Transactions	Volume, RUR	Transactions	Volume, RUR	Transactions
Previous Period	50 683 800 321	95 748	35 524 902 095	4 610	86 208 702 415	100 358
Current Period	101 142 816 681	149 680	40 353 892 086	4 700	141 496 708 767	154 380
Change, %	99,6%	56%	14%	2%	64%	54%

Currently 176 companies - professional market participants - trade on the Order-driven market.

The Order-driven market is the unified RTS and St. Petersburg St. Exchange marketplace where corporate stocks are traded. Market participants can submit directly addressed quotes, or quotes with no particular addressee in mind. Trading is being done via St. Petersburg St. Exchange, clearing - through the RTS Stock Exchange Clearinghouse, settlement - via the RTS Stock Exchange Settlement Chamber. The electronic trading system can be accessed via "Plaza Stocks" workstation or through the Internet-trading gateway. Private investors can trade on the Order-driven market by becoming clients of licensed brokerages/investment houses.