In the first 2 weeks of May the Mosbirch Index is able to lose about 1.4% on cutoffs

The Russian market is on the rise at the opening of trading on Tuesday. Indices are gaining half a percent, reflecting yesterday's rise in oil prices and moderate growth in U.S. indices. Oil and S&P 500 futures are slightly down this morning, about 0.05%. There was no trading on the Moscow Exchange yesterday because of the May Day holiday.

The last week of April the Moscow Exchange Index closed with a decline, having retreated from record levels. The active phase of the dividend season begins. During the first 2 weeks of May, the MosBEX index is capable of losing about 1.4% on cutoffs.

Heavy shares and Sberbank in the first minutes are growing at the market level, ahead of the market (+0.9%). Even better among liquid securities are Rusal (+3.9%) and VTB (+2.3%). Shares of Internet companies held worse than the market: Ozon (-0.9%), Yandex (-0.4%).

The USD/RUB pair is down 0.05% at 75.17. The RGBI government bond index rises by 0.08%. The Ministry of Finance will not hold traditional OFZ auctions tomorrow.

Today is the last day with dividends traded shares of Kazanorgsintez and Beluga.

Leaders: HSCI (+5.6%), Quadra (+4.5%), (+3.9%), En+ (+2.5%), VTB (+2.3%)

Outsiders: Kuibyshevazot (-9%), Telegraf-up (-3.8%), OrgSintez-up (-3.5%), DVMP (-1.5%), Ozon (-0.9%)