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In August 2008 RTS Index went down by 16,30%, as compared to the end of July 2008, and by the end of the trading session of August 29th, 2008 reached 1 646,14 points against 1 966,68 points as of the end of the previous month.
Most of the negative impact on the RTS Index dynamics was coming from falling prices for Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (-59,03 points), Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (-51,91 points), Rosneft ordinary shares (ROSN) (-39,35 points).
The "second-tier" stock index – RTS-2 went down by 17,12% to reach 1 867,00 points (2 252,64 points as of the end of July, 2008). For the last month all key sectors, represented on the Russian stock market, showed a negative trend. The RTS Index – Financials demonstrated the largest drop: it fell by 18,04%. RTS Index – Industrials fell by 15,91%. RTS Index - Electric Utilities was the least liable to fall, it dropped by 11,69%.
| Index | Closing value 29.08.2008 |
Monthly change, % |
|---|---|---|
| RTS Index | 1 646,14 | -16,30% |
| RTS-2 Index | 1 867,00 | -17,12% |
| RTS Index - Oil & Gas | 221,9 | -15,85% |
| RTS Index - Consumer & Retail | 274,63 | -12,12% |
| RTS Index - Metals & Mining | 277,07 | -12,79% |
| RTS Index - Industrial | 293,09 | -15,91% |
| RTS Index - Electric Utilities | 271,8 | -11,69% |
| RTS Index - Telecom | 216,57 | -12,29% |
| RTS Index - Financials | 485,03 | -18,04% |
In August 2008 the trading volume on RTS equaled 22,3 billion dollars (540,08 billion rubles*), including all types of trades.
The top sellers of the month on the RTS Stock market were Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) with the monthly turnover $206,0 mln, Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) with the turnover $196,5 mln and LUKOIL ordinary shares (LKOH) – $135,0 mln. The share of the above securities in the turnover made up 23,55%, 22,46% and 15,44%.respectively.
The top gainers of the month were Mechel OAO ordinary shares (MTLR), that experienced a 22,07% growth to close at $26,55, PJSC "Krasny Kotelshchik" privileged shares (KRKOP) that went up by 9,09% to reach $0,6 and ordinary shares of OJSC Concern "KALINA" (KLNA) that gained 8,33% to close at $26,0.
The top losers of the month were ordinary shares of JSC "TGC-1" (TGKA), that fell in price by 54,40% to reach $0,00057, ordinary shares of IDGC of Northern Caucasus, JSC (MRKK) that went down by 48,21% to reach $4,2 and JSC "OGK-6"ordinary shares (OGKF) that were down by 37,7% to $0,038.
In August a considerable trading volume in bonds was registered. The top sellers of the month were LLC "FinanceBusinessGroup" bonds (FBGR02), whose trading volume stood at $66,5 mln.
* The data is received by conversion of daily dollar turnovers into rubles
RTS Trading volume of securities, mln dollars
| August 08 | July 08 | Change, % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTS Stock market securities turnover | 941,50 | 1 086,99 | -13,38% |
| Volume of OTC trades | 21 401,27 | 26 335,97 | -18,74% |
| Total | 22 342,77 | 27 422,96 | -18,53% |
RTS Stock Market Best Sellers: August 2008
| Ticker | Company name, share type | Trading volume, USD |
Share in RTS, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAZP | Gazprom, ordinary | 206 023 603 | 23,55% |
| SBER | Sberbank, ordinary | 196 445 950 | 22,46% |
| LKOH | ÎÀÎ "LUKOIL", ordinary | 135 030 859 | 15,44% |
| GMKN | OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL", ordinary | 103 808 212 | 11,87% |
| ROSN | OJSC "OC "Rosneft", ordinary | 64 868 724 | 7,42% |
| HYDR | JSC "RusHydro", ordinary | 19 675 941 | 2,25% |
| MTSS | MTS OJSC, ordinary | 8 792 494 | 1,01% |
| SNGS | Surgutneftegas, ordinary | 8 527 124 | 0,97% |
| FEES | "FGC UES ", JSC, ordinary | 7 921 968 | 0,91% |
| MTLR | Mechel OAO, ordinary | 7 723 279 | 0,88% |
RTS Top Gainers: August 2008
| Ticker | Company name, share type | Closing price, USD |
Change, % | Trading volume, USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTLR | Mechel OAO, ordinary | 26,55 | 22,07% | 2 878 219 |
| KRKOP | PJSC "Krasny Kotelshchik", privileged | 0,6 | 9,09% | 62 550 |
| KLNA | OJSC Concern "KALINA" , ordinary | 26 | 8,33% | 3 799 812 |
| HYDR | JSC "RusHydro", ordinary | 0,0685 | 3,79% | 19 276 731 |
| OGKD | OJSC OGK-4, ordinary | 0,06 | 3,45% | 483 229 |
| LEKZ | OJSC Lebedyansky, ordinary | 85 | 3,34% | 2 028 486 |
| AMEZ | Ashinskiy metallurgical works, ordinary | 0,5675 | 3,18% | 936 458 |
| IRGZ | JSC "Irkutskenergo", ordinary | 0,73 | 2,82% | 575 956 |
| FEES | "FGC UES ", JSC, ordinary | 0,0134 | 2,29% | 7 585 008 |
| MRKU | IDGC of Urals, JSC, ordinary | 0,0165 | 1,85% | 836 300 |
RTS Top Losers: August 2008
| Ticker | Company name, share type | Closing price, USD |
Change, % | Trading volume, USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TGKA | JSC "TGC-1", ordinary | 0,00057 | -54,40% | 117 286 |
| MRKK | IDGC of Northern Caucasus, JSC, ordinary | 4,2 | -48,21% | 110 952 |
| OGKF | JSC "OGK-6", ordinary | 0,038 | -37,70% | 335 626 |
| MFGS | Slavneft-Megionneftegaz, ordinary | 18 | -35,71% | 58 000 |
| ESPK | OJSC "Far East Telecom", ordinary | 2,4 | -35,14% | 547 376 |
| PLZL | OJSC "Polyus Gold", ordinary | 31 | -34,04% | 687 874 |
| SILV | Silvinit, ordinary | 1112 | -32,61% | 372 680 |
| WBDF | WBD Foods, ordinary | 45,5 | -32,09% | 465 460 |
| URSI | O.J.S.C. "Uralsvyazinform", ordinary | 0,0325 | -30,85% | 746 686 |
| KUBN | "UTK" PJSC, ordinary | 0,09 | -30,77% | 73 400 |
RTS Stock market leading operators in August 2008
In August 2008 the top three positions in the RTS Classic Market best sellers rating were retained by Troika Dialog, Deutsche Securities ZAO and Renaissance Broker.
The first 3 positions on T+O market: Troika Dialog, Universal Investment Company Partner Ltd. and KIT Finance Ltd.
RTS Classic market leading operators in August 2008
| The month’s rating: August 2008 |
The month’s rating: July 2008 |
Ticker | Company name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | TROY | Troika Dialog |
| 2 | 3 | UFGR | Deutsche Securities ZAO |
| 3 | 4 | RENC | Renaissance Broker |
| 4 | 2 | BUBS | UBS Securities CJSC |
| 5 | 5 | CITF | KIT Finance Ltd |
| 6 | 6 | MTRF | METROPOL IFCo. Ltd |
| 7 | 14 | OPEN | OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC |
| 8 | 8 | CSFB | CJSC Bank Credit Suisse First Boston |
| 9 | 15 | MEIN | Metallinvestbank OJSCo SKB |
| 10 | 10 | RMGS | Rye, Man and Gor |
| 11 | 17 | UNCR | UniCredit Aton |
| 12 | 13 | TIBM | TRUST Investment Bank |
| 13 | 18 | SCNT | Vostochnaya Fondovaya Kompania JSC |
| 14 | 28 | SOVL | SOVLINK LLC |
| 15 | 7 | CITI | Citibank ZAO |
| 16 | 9 | ALFC | ALFA-BANK |
| 17 | 11 | CKBN | CentroCredit Bank |
| 18 | 20 | MLSE | OOO Merrill Lynch Securities |
| 19 | 27 | ZFIM | Glitnir Securities CJSC |
| 20 | 16 | NKOL | URALSIB Capital Limited Liability Company |
| 21 | 22 | ECAP | Energocapital IC JSC |
| 22 | 38 | ALNF | "Allen-finance", Company Limited |
| 23 | 12 | MBWB | MDM Bank |
| 24 | 25 | PSTR | POLAR STAR IFC |
| 25 | 19 | EAST | EAST COMMERTS Investment group Ltd. |
RTS T+O market leading operators in August 2008
| The month’s rating: August 2008 |
The month’s rating: May 2008 |
Ticker | Company name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | TROY | Troika Dialog |
| 2 | 1 | UNPA | Universal Investment Company Partner Ltd. |
| 3 | 9 | CITF | KIT Finance Ltd |
| 4 | 7 | ALFC | ALFA-BANK |
| 5 | 16 | OPEN | OTKRITIE Brokerage house JSC |
| 6 | - | INGB | ING BANK (EURASIA) ZAO |
| 7 | 2 | ATLN | ATON LLC |
| 8 | 14 | BROK | Brokercreditservice Ltd. |
| 9 | 10 | FINA | Investment Company FINAM CJSC |
| 10 | 8 | CSFB | CJSC "BANK CREDIT SUISSE (MOSCOW)" |
| 11 | 20 | BFAG | Baltic Financial Agency CJSC |
| 12 | 17 | RENC | Renaissance Broker |
| 13 | 4 | ALPL | ALOR Plus Corporation |
| 14 | 32 | UFGR | Deutsche Securities ZAO |
| 15 | 21 | RFCE | "Clearing Stock Center Limited" JSIK |
| 16 | 15 | OLMA | OLMA Investment Firm |
| 17 | 11 | VSHH | OJSC "VSH-HOLDING" |
| 18 | 3 | ALOR | ALOR INVEST Ltd |
| 19 | 31 | PRSP | PROSPECT INVESTMENT CO |
| 20 | - | EVER | Everest Brokerage Service |
| 21 | - | TIBM | TRUST Investment Bank |
| 22 | 25 | SBRF | Savings bank of the Russian Federation |
| 23 | 40 | ECAP | Energocapital IC JSC |
| 24 | 18 | TANT | TANTIEME JSC |
| 25 | 22 | CKBN | CentroCredit Bank |
