Market freezes on the brink of victory Moscow's stock index closed Friday at 2516.11, having added 1% during the session and still not daring to storm the psychological 2500 - it was six points lower. The main fuel for growth was the geopolitical thaw: tripartite negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine are scheduled for November 4 in the United Arab Emirates, and the New York Times began talking about the possible lifting of sanctions on RDIF. The American Federal Reserve kept the interest rate at 3.75-4% - expected and boring, the market yawned. A cold shower has arrived from Brussels: the EU has made it clear that the ban on Russian gas from November 2027 will remain in force even with peace, so some of the geopolitical premium has a short shelf life. Everything inside is more complicated than the green index suggests. Weekly inflation froze at 0.08%, annual inflation slowed to 7.11% - but GDP growth in the third quarter collapsed from 1.3% to 0.6%, and the economy is slowing faster than prices are cooling. The corporate front separated the poles: MGKL shares doubled in 4 days, to 0.988 rubles. After the blocking of the accounts of eight of the eleven subsidiaries for 1.22 billion rubles, while LSR, on the background of a purchase back to 5.15 million shares at 675 rubles. immediately jumped 10.5%. Ozone reported a 63% increase in revenue to 421.2 billion rubles, while writing off 30.1 billion rubles. Losses from attacks on warehouses - the price of work in conditions where logistics are damaged by drones. The market froze in anticipation of Sberbank, which on November 10 will present a new dividend policy for 2027-2029 - there, and not in the reports from the negotiations, lies the real intrigue of next week. A barrel of Brent is trading at $117.32. The top 5 stocks that rose in price 5th place: BANK URALSIB PJSC JSC (USBN) 0.1414 (+16.76%) 4th place: Liptsk energy sales.com. JSC (LPSB) 58.0 (+18.01%) 3rd place: Kubrov Mechanical Plant (KMEZ) 1278.0 (+22.18%) 2nd place: LSR Group PJSC (LSRG) 712.4 (+22.53%) 1st place: Southern Kuzbass PJSC JSC (UKUZ) 1414.0 (+61.78%) Top 5 stocks that fell in price 5th place: Polyus PJSC JSC (PLZL) 1051.6 (-4.24%).

Market freezes on the brink of victory Moscow's stock index closed Friday at 2516.11, having added 1% during the session and still not daring to storm the psychological 2500 - it was six points lower. The main fuel for growth was the geopolitical thaw: tripartite negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine are scheduled for November 4 in the United Arab Emirates, and the New York Times began talking about the possible lifting of sanctions on RDIF. The American Federal Reserve kept the interest rate at 3.75-4% - expected and boring, the market yawned. A cold shower has arrived from Brussels: the EU has made it clear that the ban on Russian gas from November 2027 will remain in force even with peace, so some of the geopolitical premium has a short shelf life. Everything inside is more complicated than the green index suggests. Weekly inflation froze at 0.08%, annual inflation slowed to 7.11% - but GDP growth in the third quarter collapsed from 1.3% to 0.6%, and the economy is slowing faster than prices are cooling. The corporate front separated the poles: MGKL shares doubled in 4 days, to 0.988 rubles. After the blocking of the accounts of eight of the eleven subsidiaries for 1.22 billion rubles, while LSR, on the background of a purchase back to 5.15 million shares at 675 rubles. immediately jumped 10.5%. Ozone reported a 63% increase in revenue to 421.2 billion rubles, while writing off 30.1 billion rubles. Losses from attacks on warehouses - the price of work in conditions where logistics are damaged by drones. The market froze in anticipation of Sberbank, which on November 10 will present a new dividend policy for 2027-2029 - there, and not in the reports from the negotiations, lies the real intrigue of next week. A barrel of Brent is trading at $117.32. The top 5 stocks that rose in price 5th place: BANK URALSIB PJSC JSC (USBN) 0.1414 (+16.76%) 4th place: Liptsk energy sales.com. JSC (LPSB) 58.0 (+18.01%) 3rd place: Kubrov Mechanical Plant (KMEZ) 1278.0 (+22.18%) 2nd place: LSR Group PJSC (LSRG) 712.4 (+22.53%) 1st place: Southern Kuzbass PJSC JSC (UKUZ) 1414.0 (+61.78%) Top 5 stocks that fell in price 5th place: Polyus PJSC JSC (PLZL) 1051.6 (-4.24%).