The Russian stock market has updated maxima of the end of February on gas hopes

Dmitry Mayorov. The market of the Russian Federation of shares by the closing of trades increased by 2, 1-2, 3% in the index. Hopes for a solution to gas problem with Ukraine have led the market up to the highs since the end of February, despite the Increase in geopolitical risks due to the escalation of tensions in the East of Ukraine.

MICEX index by results of the day increased by 2, 27% and amounted to 1464, 47 points, the RTS Index - 2, 07%to 1322, 52 points, inform the data of the capital market.


the Russian market of shares during the trading session Monday showed mostly upward. The reason for the increased interest in Russian shares become message on progress in the gas disputes with Russia with Ukraine.

Gazprom has received from Ukraine 1st tranche for gas deliveries in volume 786, $ 4 million and transferred the Introduction of prepayment from 3 to 9 June. The introduction of the mode of payment will be depending on the repayment in full of the debt in 2, 2 bln dollars." Gazprom has decided to 9 June to postpone the submission of the claim to " Naftogaz of Ukraine " to the Stockholm arbitration court in connection with deferred mode prepaid for June gas supplies.

against this background, Gazprom ( 1, 7%) became the locomotive of the increase of the total market, which was pulled and other blue chips, which grew to 3, 3%.

Positive for Gazprom was also the beginning of purchases from June 2, of its shares of the pension Fund of the Russian Federation in connection with the inclusion in the listing of the highest level of the capital of the exchange.

" Overall Positive for the stock of assets is also supported by the growth (PMI) in the Chinese processing industry in may to a five-month high of 50, 8, paragraph 50, 4 in April, " - said Oleg Dushin of IC Zerich capital Management ".

Positive was also supported by expectations that the head of the Russian Federation centuries Putin will hold 6 June meeting on the situation in Ukraine with the leaders of the Western countries at the celebration of the anniversary of the landing of allied troops in Normandy, say traders. This has helped the RTS index to close above the psychologically important mark of 1300 points.


The growth of the market of shares on the first day of the week is associated with the payment of the debt of Naftogaz to Gazprom, which indirectly facilitates future gas agreement with Ukraine, " said Director of asset management Department of FC " InvestProfit " Alexei Butorin.

" this week will be a lot of important macroeconomic data, which will greatly affect the medium-term movement of the Russian stock market. In addition, it is assumed that 5 June the ECB will announce the reduction of the basic interest rate from 0, 25% to 0, 10-0, 15% ", - he added.

Shares of mining organizations react very sensitive to information on industrial production and PMI in industry in China, which grew in may, as the country consumes half of metallurgical raw materials in the world, said Airat Khalikov of " Veles Capital ".

" It may well be that We will see continued Growth of quotations of the Russian ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgists. Obama's message about the need to keep the pressure of the Europeans in the Russian Federation indicate that on the analysis of the Western partners of Ukraine, the present pressure on the Russian Federation reduced. We believe This is because the events in the South of Ukraine in the beginning of may have changed the perception of what is happening in the country by the citizens of Europe, " - says Khalikov.


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