On January 18, 2009 RTS Index calculation starts RTS Standard based on transaction prices and quotations of 15 most liquid stocks of Russia"s stock market, said in a message exchange. Code under which the market distributes the new index - RTSSTD.

With the start of index calculations RTS Standard RTS exchange increases the family of indices, in which today includes 3 composite, and 7 sectoral indexes.

RTS Standard Index is an indicator of the market the most liquid shares of Russian companies or the so-called "blue chips". RTS Index is calculated at prices of 50 shares most capitalized Russian companies that can most adequately reflect changes in total stock market in Russia. RTS-2 Index is an indicator of the market shares of the "second tier". In the calculation base RTS-2 Index includes securities of middle and primary levels of capitalization.

The relative weight of shares in the new index RTS Standard are the relative weights of these shares in the RTS index. This is determined by the method of index calculation: for each stock index RTS Standard number of shares outstanding, the coefficient of free-float and a weight set equal to the corresponding parameters of the RTS stock index.

The first value index RTS Standard on January 18, 2010 at the opening of the trading session amounted to 10,123.03 points. The base value of the new index on April 23, 2009 was equal to 6 285.76. Index calculation is based on the prices of shares, denominated in rubles.

index value is determined by the RTS Standard from 10.30 to 23.50 Moscow time, whicb14h allows you to monitor changes in the stock market during trading on the world"s leading sites, indicated in the message exchange.
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