Last week, the Russian equity market performed in the line with other emerging markets (EM). Both the RTS index and the MSCI EM index fell by 1.9% (all figures in USD terms).
| Week | YTD | |
| RTS Total return (TR) in USD | -1.9% | 33.5% |
| MOEX index TR in RUB | ||
| Composite | -1.1% | 23.2% |
| Blue chip | -1.0% | 25.3% |
| Small and mid-cap | -0.6% | 10.1% |
| MOEX sector indices TR in RUB | ||
| Consumer Goods | -0.4% | 9.5% |
| Oil & Gas | -1.0% | 19.5% |
| Financial Services | -1.1% | 23.7% |
| Metals & Mining | -1.2% | 10.7% |
| Power Utilities | -2.0% | 24.1% |
| FX | ||
| RUB/USD | -1.0% | 7.0% |
| RUB/EUR | -0.7% | 11.9% |
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Data as of September 27, 2019 |
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Russian equity market dynamics
Last week, the Russian equity market performed in the line with other emerging markets (EM). Both the RTS index and the MSCI EM index fell by 1.9% (all figures in USD terms).
The Russian market contracted on the back of the rouble weakening and oil prices dropping. Brent crude prices fell as Saudi Arabia announced it had largely restored its disrupted production output following the recent drone attack and as broader Middle East tensions eased.
The consumer goods sector outperformed the market. This was mainly due to Ros Agro’s shares, which rose by 3.4% in rouble terms on rumours that the company was about to initiate an SPO last week, although this did not materialise.
The power utilities sector was the worst performer of the week, dragged down mainly by OGK-2 and Inter RAO shares. There was no particular news to justify the sector’s poor performance, so we assume there was some profit-taking after the sector’s relatively good performance over the preceding weeks.
To watch…
Rosstat is due to publish inflation figures for September 2019 .
Author: Marina Tsutskiridze, Junior Investment Specialist
Sources: Vedomosti, Bloomberg, TKB Investment Partners (JSC); September 2019
Russian Equities Weekly 30 September 2019
