Russian Trading System’s securities trading volume totaled to $13.7bn (385.7 billion RUR) in December 2008, including all kinds of transactions, even off-exchange ones.

Gazprom’s (GAZP) common stock topped the stock market’s turnover rating with its $46.7m worth of transactions, followed by Sberbank of Russia’s (SBER) $46.6m worth of common stock deals, and the common stock of LUKOIL (LKOH) with its $22.2m worth of transactions in December 2008. These companies’ market shares thus came to 22.99%, 22.97%, and 10.92%, respectively.

URALSIB’s (USBN) common stock soared by 100% (up to $.006) and thus became the fastest-growing security on the market, followed by Opin’s (OPIN) shares that went up by 76.97% and came to cost $65.0 and the shares of Novorossiysk Trading Sea Port (NMTP) that grew by 66.67% (up to $.1).

At the same time, several companies topped the market’s dropping ranking. These were 36.6,the pharmaceutical chain (APTK) whose share price plummeted by 68.86% (down to $1.09) and MRSK Ural (MRKU) and Mostotrest (MSTT), whose stocks dropped by 65.52% (down to $.003) and 57.14% (down to $300), respectively.