March 28, 2024

Market News | Press Review: Aeroflot, Coal, Moscow Exchange, Bitcoin, Mechel, – 24/08/21

Mechel grows like on coals. The company's shares went up in price by 15% during the day

Following the sharp rise in sharesRaspadskaya investors started buying securitiesMechel”, Which have risen in price by 15% per day.The company, which will publish its second quarter financials on August 27, is expected to perform well on the back of rising global coking coal prices. The current environment is likely to allow and accelerate the repayment of the huge debt.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4956403

 

Capitalization of digital currencies grew by $ 1 trillion in a month

Costbitcoinafter a four-month break, it consolidated higherlevel of $50 thousand. Over the month, the rate of the most famous digital currency increased by almost 70%. The general growth of cryptocurrencies is supported by the announcement of the largest payment system PayPal about the admission of the British to transactions with them, as well as the successful update of the Ethereum network. Experts believe that the Bitcoin rate will continue to rise and could reach $70-75 thousand in the coming months.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4956394

 

Window on Wall Street: 26.5 billion invested in foreign shares through the Moscow Exchange

Over the year, private investors have invested in stocksforeign companies listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange, RUB 26.5 billion. Izvestia was told about this in the press service of the exchange, which launched trading in such securities in August 2020. During this time, the number of non-resident shares offered on the site increased 10 times and reached 204. Soon there are plans to introduce trading in foreign currency, and in 2022 - to bring the number of global issuers to 1,000. The potential for further development of foreign securities trading remains, they note analysts pointing out a number of cons and risks.

https://iz.ru/1211404/roza-almakunova/okno-na-uoll-strit-cherez-mosbirzhu-v-zarubezhnye-aktcii-vlozheno-265-mlrd

 

Elginsky coal wants to be the first to leave the BAM

Albert Avdolyan's A-Property, which ownsthe largest coking coal deposit in the Russian Federation, Elginskoye, estimated at 97 billion rubles. the cost of building your own railway to the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. But the company is ready to implement the project only if the authorities guarantee the priority export of 30 million tons of A-Property coal through the BAM within five years. When the branch and port in the Chumikan settlement are built, the company promises to leave the BAM on its own road. This scenario means losses for thermal coal producers, analysts say.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4956370

 

Broadband market growth nearly stalled

Growth of the wired Internet market in Russiaslows down. In the second quarter, it was only 1% in terms of the number of connections and just over 2% in money, according to TMT Consulting. Providers attribute the situation to market saturation and expect to continue growing due to additional services and package offers. After the end of self-isolation and leaving the "remote area", many subscribers abandoned the wired Internet in favor of the mobile one, experts say.

https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4956406

Pilots union warns Aeroflot of the risk of a shortage of personnel

Due to the new system of remuneration in "Aeroflot"The pilots began to leave for other Russian airlines again, the union warned. Since January, the carrier has reduced the surcharge for an hour of flight time

https://www.rbc.ru/business/23/08/2021/6123fbbd9a794785c749db17