RTS Stock Exchange Order-Driven Stock Market:: December 9th-December 20th

For the week of December 9th - December 20th, 2002, securities traded on the Order-driven market 10 627 times. Daily average turnover rose 6% to 312 million rubles and 30,6 million shares, compared with 353 million rubles and 28,8 million shares for the period of December 2nd-December 6th. The total turnover on the market equaled 2 805 million rubles, with 275 million shares changing hands.

84 directly - addressed trades executed last week accounted for 502 million rubles in total turnover (the period of December 2nd-December 6th, 2002, showed 43 directly-addressed trades and 145 million rubles).

The most active traders on the Order-driven market were:

Troika Dialog
Unified Financial Group (UFG)
Prolog Investment Agency
Renaissance Broker
Alor Invest

The leaders in Internet trading were:

METROPOL Investment Company
Alor Invest
UNIASTRUM Bank
Prolog Investment Agency
Brokercreditservice Company

Currently 132 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.