Capital markets

Yandex and CTC Media sink to record as Goldman says sell

Yandex NV (YNDX) sank to a record in New York after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut the stock to sell, forecasting a 31 percent drop in the Russian Internet company’s earnings this year as a weaker ruble dissuades advertisers from increasing spending. The shares slumped 8.7 percent in New York to $16.41, the lowest since the company’s U.S. …

Yandex and CTC Media sink to record as Goldman says sell Read More »

Russian e-commerce leader Ulmart reports 50% sales increase in 2014, plans IPO in 2016

Ulmart, Russia’s leading e-commerce company, confirmed today its plan to go public next year in a yet-to-be-determined Western stock exchange, the company’s chairman and co-owner Dmitry Kostygin told Russian business daily RBC. Ulmart is thus considering raising $1 billion or more in exchange for 25% of the company’s shares. Advisers for the IPO could be …

Russian e-commerce leader Ulmart reports 50% sales increase in 2014, plans IPO in 2016 Read More »

Mail.Ru Group, QIWI, Yandex stocks plummet as only Luxoft stands tall on Western exchanges

Several key Russian tech companies are listed on Western stock exchanges. Among them are software development and service company Luxoft (NASDAQ: LXFT); Mail.ru Group (LSE: MAIL), the owner of Russia’s leading social network Vkontakte and of a range of other Internet properties; mobile operator MegaFon (LSE: MFON); payment operator QIWI (NASDAQ: QIWI); and Yandex (NASDAQ: …

Mail.Ru Group, QIWI, Yandex stocks plummet as only Luxoft stands tall on Western exchanges Read More »