1 Dec 2009 19:40

Russia stocks regain level existing before Dubai World shocker

MOSCOW. Dec 1 (Interfax) - Russian stocks followed exchanges abroad and oil prices higher on the first day of December, regaining the level existing before Dubai World announced it would seek a standstill agreement with creditors.

The MICEX index rose 2.68% to 1,319.35 points and the RTS index was up 3.01% to 1,416.3 points.

The leading advancer was VTB , which gained 5.2% on MICEX to close at 6.51 kopecks, and Rosneft , also up 5.2% to 246 rubles.

Other advancers included Gazprom - up 1.3%, Lukoil - up 2.3%, MMC Norilsk Nickel - up 1%, Surgutneftegas - up 3.9%, Tatneft - up 4.9%, Sberbank Russia - up 2.8%, and Polyus Gold - up 4.1%.

Among second tier stocks, Magnit gained 6.6%, Uralkali was up 5.8%, Uralsvyazinform added 5.4% and Acron rose 4.4%.

But Polymetal shed 1.9%, Avtovaz was down 1.7% and Volgatelecom declined 0.6%.

Volume totaled $12.497 million on RTS Classica, $351.694 million on RTS Standard and 56.804 billion rubles on MICEX, led by Sberbank ordinary shares with 18.366 billion rubles.

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