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 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...

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 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...

The MICEX Index increased 2.47% in February 2014, reaching its highest value 1507,49 points on February 17, 2014 supported mostly by a rising trend in Gazprom’s stock. The MICEX stock exchange market capitalization amounted to Rb 23,92 trillion (36.88% of GDP) by February 25, 2014. The market...

The MICEX Index slid down 2.5% at the beginning of January 2014, however Gazprom’s stock and Norilsk Nickel’s stock went up in the second half of the month, thereby having a positive effect on the MICEX Index which was pushed up to 1494.6 points. The annual dynamics of blue chips has been...

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...

In May 2014, Russia’s stock market con?? nued its steady recovery. As of 26 May, the MICEX Index stood at 1,449.3 points, having grown since the beginning of that month by more than 11%. The growth leader among highly liquid shares were VTB Bank’s securi?? es – over the period from 2 May...

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...

In August 2014, the MICEX Index, after having risen to 1,460 points as of 21 August, over the next few days dropped by 4.1%, standing as of 29 August at 1,400.7 points. The MICEX’s capitalization as of 29 August amounted to Rb 22.4 trillion (or 34.6% of GDP). In August, the main negative...