Substantive session FORTS started the week ended in the red zone. At the end of the day, investors have concluded more than 244 thousand transactions totaling approximately $ 1 555 million Futures on RTS Index fell for a day on 2,53%, closing at a value of 104 925 points. Open interest in futures on the [...]

representative of the President on Energy Security Bohdan Sokolovsky criticizes the policy of the Cabinet of Ministers in the gas sphere.
This is stated in the press service of the President.
In his view, the Government has shown an inconsistent policy in this area.
So, he says, gas policy of the [...]

Delay national joint-stock company (NAK) Naftogaz Ukraine time of publication audited consolidated accounts for the year 2008 may have indirectly indicate a default on obligations, said a partner of consulting firm Aequi-Libria (Luxembourg), Charles Philip Thomas.
We raised the question of why Naftogaz has not provided the provisions of the deadline (July 31, [...]

Today in the cash market there is a slight drop in the dollar. At the same time, the euro and Russia's ruble, compared with yesterday did not undergo significant changes.
Thus, in exchange offices the dollar bought by 8,15-8,41, sold at 8,16-8,59 UAH /USD. Buying rate of euro 11,82-12,10, sales - 12,12-12,40 grn [...]

31.08.09 condition at 14:00 the Kiev Banks and Items of currency exchange (CEMs) are most often purchase 1 USD at the price of 8.4000 UAH, that it is cheaper at 0.50 kopeks. than yesterday and the offer price 8.5000 UAH, that is no different from yesterday's rate.
Offers
Banks and Brokers to purchase [...]

Lukoil

trend
Short
Medium
Long-Term

neutral
neutral
lowering

The level of support
1520 - 1550
1400 - 1470
1030 - 1160

Resistance
1650 - 1680
1740 - 1810
1950 - 2130

Recommendations
Bring to stop an [...]

Volatile, devoid of a certain idea of trading last Friday ended with a moderate rise in Russia's main indexes (RTS index - 1.77%, the index MICEX - 2.9%), but in the continuation of a downward correction. Within the 3 per cent forecast - intraday fluctuations in the indices. The projected modest growth in the beginning [...]

world market for mergers and acquisitions in August 2009 declined significantly, the newspaper Kommersant, citing a study the agency Deals Intelligence. Over the last month of summer throughout the world, it was announced mergers and acquisitions (MA) for a total of 72 billion dollars - is the lowest monthly activity since February 2003 and [...]

Possible scenarios of behavior of the futures on the RTS index in the near future:
Objectives futures on the RTS if it's:
1) The green horizontal line - 75 000 points on the RTS Index futures.
a. 7 - 14 trading days.
Objectives for RTS Index futures for [...]

On the domestic exchanges on Friday saw an increase. It was caused by growing quotations of futures on crude oil Brent. At 16:30 Moscow time in the U.S. went fairly positive macroeconomic statistics on consumer income. At the end of the day the RTS index rose to 1,089.46 points (1.77%), the MICEX index closed at [...]