... company has significantly optimized costs: after last year's staff reduction initiative and improved logistics efficiency, the retail operating margin has improved. Investors will seek signs of AWS growth acceleration in the report (the crucial factor for ... ... Tech : the results of Apple and Amazon, key components of the S&P 500 that set the tone for the Nasdaq, will be released after Russian market closure but will dictate sentiment for Friday's trading. Investors should evaluate not just the figures themselves,...

... companies for Q2 may also gain interest if published on corporate websites or through disclosures. Overall, the earnings season in Russia is just getting started. Most public companies in Russia will present their reports in August (banks, oil and gas, retail, etc.). Therefore, today Russian investors are focusing more on the external backdrop – economic events abroad and oil price dynamics – than on internal reports. Nevertheless, emerging fragments of information (like Norilsk Nickel's report or production data from the Ministry ...

... from investors as debt and repay them with interest after a certain period. This mechanism can be illustrated by an example: A retail chain needs 20 billion ₽ for expansion. The company could take a loan from a bank, but it can also issue 20 million bonds ... ... reliability of the issue is largely determined by the reputation and credit rating of the issuer. For instance, OFZs are issued by the Russian government, which guarantees payments on them: this makes government bonds the most reliable. The higher the issuer's ...

... closely monitor these events as they may significantly influence financial markets and trading decisions in both global and Russian contexts. Calendar of Economic Events for Investors and Traders in Russia (December 2 - December 6, 2024) Monday, December ... ... December 5 09:45 MSK: Switzerland - Unemployment Rate (Nov) 10:00 MSK: Germany - Factory Orders (Oct) 13:00 MSK: Eurozone - Retail Sales (Oct) 15:00-16:00 MSK: OPEC+ Meeting 16:30 MSK: USA - Trade Balance (Oct) 16:30 MSK: USA - Initial Jobless Claims ...

... precautionary. Unsurprisingly, the ban was lifted at the end of May, only to be reinstated in August after both wholesale and retail prices for gasoline rose sharply in June and July. This spike was mainly due to the high seasonal demand for gasoline during ... ... Russia" competition, reopening exports is justified given the end of the high-demand season and the production capacities of Russian ORs. Should prices rise rapidly, the government retains the right to reintroduce the ban. Gasoline production volumes ...