Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Nikita Andrievskiy Author-Name-First:Nikita Author-Name-Last: Andrievskiy Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Author-Name:Elizaveta Khudko Author-Name-First:Elizaveta Author-Name-Last: Khudko Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: FINANCIAL MARKETS IN MAY 2014 Abstract: In May 2014, Russia’s stock market con?? nued its steady recovery. As of 26 May, the MICEX Index stood at 1,449.3 points, having grown since the beginning of that month by more than 11%. The growth leader among highly liquid shares were VTB Bank’s securi?? es – over the period from 2 May through 26 May they rose 24.25%. However, the highest annual yield on shares – more than 40% per annum – was shown by Norilsk Nickel. As of 26 May, the stock market’s capitaliza?? on amounted to Rb 22.9 trillion (or 35.3% of GDP). Classification-JEL: G1, G3, G15 Keywords: Financial Markets Journal: Russian Economic Developments Year: 2014 Issue: 6 Month: June Pages: 9-12 File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/337Khudko.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:337