The MICEX index fell to 1413.8 points by the 17th of December, following the fi ve-year highs early in December. It is only VTB’s shares that demonstrated growth among highly liquid shares during the same month. The stock market capitalization as of the 19th of December amounted to Rb 22,3...

In March, the situation on Russia’s domestic corporate bond market began to show some signs of stabilization, displayed by key market indicators, such as the market volume and the marker index, as well as issuer activity; the weighted average effective yield on bond issues declined, although...

In October 2014, the MICEX Index saw a downtrend caused by falling crude oil prices. The MICEX Index lost 1.4% in the period between October 1 thru October 24 . The MICEX capitalization amounted to Rb 22,0 trillion as of October 24 (34.0% of GDP). The acceleration of the average weighted yield...

In November, the MICEX index was driven by the substantial devaluation of the ruble and reached another record- high-level of 1538.9 points during the year. It is the metalworking sector index that became a leader among the sector indices in November, up 12.1% since the beginning of the month....

Over the course of February 2015, the MICEX Index continued to grow and hit its four-year record high of 1,809.6 points. The stock market’s capitalization index as of 25 February amounted to Rb 27.4 trillion (or 38.6% of GDP). As before, the situation in Russia’s domestic corporate bond...

The MICEX Index skyrocketed in January 2015, gaining 16.44% in the period between the 5th and 26th of January. The Index hit its highest 1671.8 points on the 23th of January. At the sametime, the crude oil Brent futures price dropped to 48,1 US dollars a barrel in the same month. The stock...

The MICEX index was declining in the first decade in November 2013 until the middle of the month when the stock market saw the beginning of insignificant uptrend in response to oil price recovery. The stock market capitalization reached Rb 24,68 trillion (38.05% of GDP) as of November 26, 2013....

The MICEX Index growth during the last month in 2013 has been governed basically by steady gaining Norilsky Nickel’s stocks in response to information about the enterprise’s successful performance. In general, however, it is Sberbank’s preferred stock that remains most profitable...

In June 2014, the MICEX Index fully recovered the loss sustained in May, the monthly average index reached 1486.0 points. VTB Bank’s shares stopped growing in value in June, losing more than 10.6% in the period between May 30, 2014 and June 26, 2014. The Moscow Exchange trading volume reached...

Foreign political events that took place in March 2014 had an extremely adverse impact on the Russian stock market. It took the MICEX Index just one day to tumble by 10.8% on March 3, 2014. Stock market capitalization lost Rb 1,72 trillion in March 2014, while total capitalization amounted to Rb...