July 19. Industrial growth in Russia grew 10.9% y-o-y in June

Finamrus 19.07.2007 13:44
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July 19. Industrial growth in Russia grew 10.9% y-o-y in June, the Federal State Statistics Service reported. Analysts of leading investment companies, banks and research center previously polled by Interfax projected industrial growth at 6% in June. This indicator hit a record high in June 2007, the previous highest value of 8.7% was reached in February 2007.

Jul 18. Lehman Brothers initiates coverage of Gazprom and assigns Buy recommendation to its ADRs.

Finamrus 18.07.2007 13:28
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Lehman Brothers has initiated coverage of Gazprom. According to Lehman Brothers' estimates, the target price of Gazprom is $60 per GDR and their recommendation is "outperform".

Jul 6. In intraday market updates, domestic plays are correcting down a bit after yesterday’s rally.

Finamrus 06.07.2007 14:15
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