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The Crisis: Electricity Providers Face Bankruptcy
Electricity suppliers across the country are cracking down as the number of delinquent private and corporate customers surges, as the dilapidated industry is mired in debt linked to unpaid consumer bills and the multibillion-dollar investment programs that investors signed onto during the privatization of Unified Energy System, which wrapped up just weeks before the financial crisis struck.
Market Matters: Uralkali Stock Stares Into A Chasm
Catching both the market and the potash producer by surprise, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin reopened a 2006 investigation into the flooding of a Uralkali mine, sending the company's shares down 75 percent in London in the three trading days after the announcement.
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| Friday, November 21, 2008
Updated at 20 November 2008 23:22 Moscow Time | |
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Thought of the Day
"Buy when stock prices
are low and hold on to your securities... People seem unable
to grasp these simple principles. J. Paul Getty |
Ruble Rate
Official Central Bank Ruble Rate for
February 08, 2008: 1$ = 24.67(0.15)
RTS Index at close of trading on February 7, 2008: 1'887.41 (0.00)
Selected Stocks | Preferred Stocks | ADRs & Offshore Stocks
Ruble Rate
Selected Stocks
| Company | Close US$ |
Change % |
Volume US$ |
EV/EBITDA | Market Cap mln US$ |
52 week high | low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazprom | 11.510 | -1.12 | 5'063'510 | 5.47 | 260'648.2 | 14.730 8.886 |
| LUKoil | 66.115 | -0.70 | 3'776'036 | 4.20 | 54'672.2 | 95.800 64.250 |
| Gazprom Neft | 4.994 | -1.90 | - | 3.93 | 23'679.2 | 6.450 3.700 |
| Surgutneftegaz | 0.858 | -1.06 | 226'975 | 5.39 | 34'047.3 | 1.375 0.855 |
| Tatneft | 4.784 | -0.95 | - | 4.05 | 9'999.1 | 6.500 3.850 |
| TNK-BP Holding | 1.700 | 0.00 | - | 3.77 | 27'659.6 | 2.380 1.520 |
| YUKOS | 0.218 | 0.00 | - | n/a | 469.8 | 0.585 0.200 |
| UES | 1.066 | 1.86 | 13'645'934 | 9.25 | 45'710.8 | 1.369 0.990 |
| OGK-3 | 0.130 | 0.00 | - | 21.33 | 6'173.4 | 0.175 0.129 |
| OGK-5 | 0.173 | 2.52 | 120'500 | 34.70 | 6'110.5 | 0.180 0.121 |
| Mosenergo | 0.230 | 0.74 | - | 34.27 | 9'158.2 | 0.280 0.220 |
| Irkutskenergo | 0.966 | 0.38 | - | 22.03 | 4'604.7 | 1.190 0.895 |
| Bashkirenergo | 2.000 | -0.99 | - | 12.75 | 2'149.4 | 2.150 1.900 |
| Rostelecom | 11.049 | -0.25 | 44'070 | 49.48 | 8'544.2 | 12.400 7.650 |
| Central Telecom | 0.675 | 0.00 | - | 8.66 | 1'345.2 | 1.000 0.675 |
| Far Eastern Telecom | 4.450 | 2.30 | - | 7.47 | 560.9 | 5.700 3.700 |
| MGTS | 35.800 | 0.00 | 235'200 | 8.97 | 3'368.0 | 35.800 24.500 |
| North Western Telecom | 1.253 | -0.20 | 223'527 | 8.66 | 1'360.2 | 1.950 1.215 |
| Siberian Telecom | 0.081 | -0.92 | - | 7.44 | 1'227.0 | 0.133 0.081 |
| Southern Telecom | 0.158 | 0.00 | - | 9.78 | 584.4 | 0.225 0.155 |
| Ural SI | 0.047 | 1.08 | - | 9.74 | 1'772.5 | 0.070 0.046 |
| Volga Telecom | 4.230 | -1.05 | 84'000 | 8.35 | 1'313.0 | 6.500 4.200 |
| Norilsk Nickel | 262.350 | -0.59 | 12'642'993 | 4.40 | 47'572.1 | 313.600 155.000 |
| Polyus Gold | 53.000 | 1.92 | 508'040 | 27.62 | 9'437.0 | 55.750 38.020 |
| Severstal | 21.800 | 1.63 | 245'365 | 4.74 | 21'967.9 | 24.800 12.000 |
| AvtoVAZ | 1.950 | 0.00 | - | 8.47 | 5'306.4 | 2.050 0.800 |
| GAZ | 163.500 | 0.00 | - | 4.66 | 2'593.7 | 179.500 103.000 |
| Irkut | 0.835 | -1.18 | - | 5.82 | 816.7 | 1.030 0.835 |
| KamAZ | 5.675 | -1.30 | - | 14.29 | 4'459.1 | 7.250 2.000 |
| OMZ | 7.000 | 0.00 | - | 5.97 | 247.5 | 10.000 7.000 |
| Severstal-Auto | 51.000 | 0.00 | 350'652 | 7.73 | 1'747.8 | 57.000 29.250 |
| Kalina | 31.750 | 0.79 | - | 7.07 | 309.6 | 50.000 31.000 |
| Lebedyansky | 80.875 | 1.35 | - | 9.72 | 1'650.8 | 110.000 77.000 |
| Seventh Continent | 24.975 | 0.20 | 24'700 | 15.19 | 1'873.1 | 29.350 24.100 |
| Veropharm | 52.750 | 5.18 | - | 12.87 | 527.5 | 53.000 35.000 |
| Aeroflot | 3.975 | 0.00 | 39'700 | 7.30 | 4'213.5 | 4.150 2.450 |
| Sberbank | 3.371 | -1.11 | 14'269'549 | 2.86 | 74'708.7 | 4.480 3.260 |
ADRs and Offshore Stocks
| Company | Shares per ADR |
Close US$ |
Change % |
Volume US$ |
52 week high | low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comstar-UTS | 1 | 9.70 | -3.00 | 1'390'728 | 14.00 7.85 |
| Gazprom | 4 | 46.75 | -0.74 | 668'286'973 | 60.30 33.54 |
| Golden Telecom** | 0 | 102.72 | 0.48 | 2'321'877 | 114.85 47.00 |
| LUKoil | 4 | 67.00 | 0.15 | 319'933'156 | 95.90 64.00 |
| MTS** | 20 | 77.28 | -0.13 | 58'130'323 | 105.78 45.53 |
| NOVATEK | 0 | 64.00 | -2.74 | 18'332'224 | 88.10 45.30 |
| Rostelecom** | 6 | 66.44 | 1.61 | 4'823'858 | 74.08 45.95 |
| SurgutNG | 50 | 43.90 | 0.02 | 24'907'010 | 69.40 42.28 |
| UES | 100 | 107.25 | 1.66 | 46'773'946 | 138.69 99.00 |
Preferred Stocks
| Company | Close US$ |
Change % |
Volume US$ |
Pref. discount |
Expected Divident yield |
52 week high | low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rostelecom pref | 2.03 | 1.92 | - | -82% | 4% | 3.600 2.000 |
| Sberbank pref | 1.94 | -1.51 | - | -42% | 1% | 3.200 2.060 |
| Surgutneftegaz pref | 0.44 | 0.46 | 173'600 | -48% | 4% | 0.870 0.434 |
| Tatneft pref | 2.78 | -4.31 | - | -42% | 7% | 3.700 2.550 |
| TNK-BP Holding pref | 1.60 | 0.00 | - | -6% | 14% | 2.200 0.087 |
| UES pref | 0.94 | 1.53 | 606 | -12% | - | 1.330 0.865 |
Currency Exchange
USD/RUR - 27.3
EUR/RUR - 34.8
Weather
Hurdles Ahead.
Inflation Threatens an Era of Growth
Kremlin's Trillion-Dollar Headache
Everyone Pays, Few Want To Stop
When Success and Image Don't Mesh
Boosting Population a Vague Science
Armed With Nukes and a Vague Plan
Balancing Growth and Environment
Lots of Work but Too Few Workers
Rich Get Richer as Poor Get Poorer
Finding a Remedy for Health Care
A Crisis Brewing in the Classrooms
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A Guarded Liberalism
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