Russian Trading System: Order-Driven Stock Market: Weekly Data

For the week of September 30th - October 4, 2002, securities traded on the Order-driven stock market 4 477 times, a 36.7% increase over the previous week's value 3 274.

The total turnover on the unified market of the two exchanges almost doubled on the week and reached 1.123 billion USD, with 126.9 million shares changing hands. Last week the number of shares traded was 26.9 million.

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

Troika Dialog
Unified Financial Group (UFG)
Renaissance Broker
Gazprombank
METROPOL

The leaders in Internet trading were:

METROPOL
ALFA-BANK
ATON
FINANCE ANALYTICS
LAND

Currently 123 companies - professional market participants- trade on the Order-driven stock market.

The Order-driven stock 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 stock market by becoming clients of licensed brokerages/investment houses.