Actuality February 15, 2008

   International investors consider the Russian stock market indices the most attractive among the indices of the world' s developing countrie

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About this testifies the traditional poll of funds' managers, conducted by investment bank Merrill Lynch, writes the Russian newspaper "Vedomosti".

   According to the bank data, difference of managers, looking at the Russian indices with optimism is 73% more than pessimists.

In November, 2007 this break made 46% only. Moreover, 59% polled named Russia the most attractive market, and the least attractive – only 5%. Thus, the financial crisis that broke out in the developed countries, played into the hands of the Russian market, even in spite of the fact that RTS fell by 12,5% from the beginning of 2008.

   On the second place after Russia is Brazil – at its market with optimism looks by 64% more of polled than with pessimism.

The third and fourth places occupied Turkey and Thailand, the top five closed Indonesia.

   The largest countries with emerging economies occupied one of the last places.

In particular, those, who with optimism look at the Indian stock market, by 9% less than those, who treat it with pessimism.

In China the same index totaled 41% of excess.

After the slump on the Russian stock markets in January and beginning of February RTS and MICEX began to recover gradually: they grow.