... potentially reaching 4,000 by the end of the year. The Russian securities market is set to reach record highs this year and continue its upward trajectory into the next, according to experts surveyed by Reuters, although the risk of a correction remains. Russian stocks rebounded after a decline in the first quarter of 2020, when the pandemic reached global proportions. Contributing factors included high oil prices and a reduction in risks associated with sanctions. The Moscow Exchange Index hit a record high of 3,949.07 as of August 18. It is anticipated to rise further by the end of the year, reaching 4,000. Gas production companies are expected to ...

... gasoline. In early August, the Ministry again reported sufficient supply and noted that gasoline shipments to the domestic market were 5% higher than last year, while diesel shipments were 8% higher. According to Reuters, in the first half of 2024, Russian refineries reduced oil refining by 4% compared to the same period last year, to 131.8 million tons. According to SPIMEX data, during the 2.5 months when the export ban was suspended, gasoline prices rose by 10-30%. This increase in wholesale prices also accelerated retail ...

... to Europe, utilizing Ukraine’s gas transit system built during the Soviet era,” notes Sergey Tereshkin, CEO of the Open Oil Market. However, this pipeline is currently used for reverse gas flows from Russia to Uzbekistan, Tereshkin points out.... ... annually to countries such as Turkey, Greece, Albania, and Italy. “Russia could negotiate a swap arrangement with Azerbaijan. Russian gas that used to transit Ukraine could instead flow through Azerbaijan to Turkey and Europe under Azerbaijani contracts,...

... summer when weekly growth rates reached up to 0.6%. Oil companies will hold back prices to achieve the lifting of the export ban," Tereshkin told the agency. One of the current drivers of rising gasoline prices, according to the expert, is the oil companies' costs due to forced downtime at refineries. "The profit and loss balance of Russian refineries over the past eight months has decreased by 34%. Rising costs are pushing up wholesale prices, which in turn affect retail fuel prices," Tereshkin explained. For the gasoline segment, the decisive factor is the outpacing price ...

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