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SPB Exchange

SPB Exchange will add 22 Russian securities starting February 14, which will be available to investors for making deals in the morning extra session, including on Saturdays and Sundays. Total of 38 Russian securities will be available for trading in the morning session.

MOEX Group (Moscow Exchange)

Moscow Exchange on February 15 will start testing the weekend trading session. Trading floor plans to be technically ready for the start of weekend trading by March 1. Decision on the timing of the launch of weekend trading will be made by the Exchange separately.

Crystal

Production volume of distillery products of KVLZ Kristall in 2024 amounted to 619 thousand dal, having increased 2.1 times compared to the previous year. Sales grew 2.2 times to 595 thousand dal. As a result of the growth, revenue in the LWI segment also increased 2.2 times to ₽1.339 billion. Production of vodka the company continued to reduce in favor of th...

PIK-specialized developer

PIK has withdrawn from the capital of smart home systems developer Rubetek, a Rubetek representative told Forbes. PIK said it could not confirm or deny the fact of the exit from Rubetek. Amount of the deal could be ₽2.43-3.25 billion, and the developer's exit from a non-core project could be, in particular, associated with difficulties in the real estate sec...

RUSAL

Arbitration Court of the Kaliningrad region has dismissed the claims of Sual Partners, an ICOO, to recover ₽74 billion from members of Rusal's board of directors. Largest minority shareholder of the aluminum company demanded that the board of directors reimburse Rusal for losses on hedging transactions, which, according to the plaintiff, were concluded with...

NOVATEK

Novatek's IFRS net profit for 2024 amounted to ₽500.2 billion, up 6.5% from ₽469.5 billion in the previous year. Revenue rose 13.1% to ₽1.55 trillion against ₽1.37 trillion a year earlier.

Rostelecom

Rostelecom successfully completed testing of the first twenty base stations of GSM/LTE-1800 standards of its subsidiary BULAT on the segment of Rostelecom's technological infrastructure in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Stations were put into commercial operation using a multi-operator base network, which allows four mobile operators to share a single radio acc...

MMC Norilsk Nickel

MMC Nornickel is in the active phase of negotiations on the establishment of a joint copper production facility in China, said the company's First Vice President Sergey Malyshev. Company has already set aside funds for the project realization in its financial models for 2025-2026. However, the previously announced capex of $2.1 billion in 2025 does not inclu...

RosDorBank

Bank of Russia has suspended the additional issue of 3.6 million shares of Rosdorbank. Reasons were not specified by the regulator.

Sberbank

NPF Sber plans to attract 4-5 million clients by the end of 2025 and accumulate ₽356 billion of citizens' funds under long-term savings program agreements, taking into account all four components: personal contributions, transfer of OPS to PDS, investment income and co-financing. Forecast ₽356 billion includes funds that have already been raised in 2024, mea...