In May 2014, Russia's stock market continued 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 securities – over the period from 2 May through...

Having experienced a sharp drop in March, Russia's stock market was steadily recovering throughout April. Over the period from 1 April through 23 April, the MICEX Index stood at an average of 1,350.17 points. The growth leader among highly liquid shares were Norilsk Nickel securities – over...

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...

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 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 investment at...

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 its...

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 market...

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 same time, the crude oil Brent futures price dropped to 48,1 US dollars a barrel in the same month. The stock...

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 September 2014, the MICEX Index saw an uptrend starting at 1392 and reaching a month high of 1477 by September 16 but then went down to 1430 and stood still until the end of the month. The MICEX capitalization was Rb 22,8 trillion (35.2% of GDP) by September 25. At the same time, the share of...