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Stock growth and drop leaders in 2020

The information site about the investment “Investing.com Russia” compiled a rating of leading companies in terms of stock growth in 2020, as well as a rating of the leaders of the fall among the largest Russian companies.

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The largest growth in 2020 was shown by the shares of the gold mining company Polyus (+ 95%), followed by the technology corporation Yandex (+ 80%), Polymetal (+ 60%), engaged in the extraction of precious metals, as well as AFK Systema (+ 57%), Tinkoff Bank (+ 56%), Magnet (+52%), NLMK (+51%), Severstal (+45%), Moscow Exchange (+45%), PIC (+37%) and M.Video (+37%).

“We see that gold companies showed the greatest growth this year, which is not surprising: gold is a protective asset and always rises in price during times of crisis. In 2020, gold added + 18% to the value, peaking last July”, — comments Anastasia Kosheleva, editor-in-chief, Investing.com Russia.

Shares of Russneft (-56%), QIWI (-36%) and TATNEFT (-34%) fell the most.

Among the companies on the list of the leaders of the fall, we see several oil corporations (Russneft (-56%), Tatneft (-34%), Surgutneftegaz (-22%), Lukoil (-21%), Gazprom (-6%)) that faced a number of problems in 2020: lower oil prices, halting economic activity, reducing number of air transports, geopolitical tension. Due to a decrease in the number of flights, Aeroflot shares sank (-33%)” , — says Anastasia Kosheleva.

At the same time, the growth of Bitcoin in 2020 was 209%, the growth of Tesla — 442%, Moderna — 409%.

Growth Leaders in 2020:

• “Polyus (+ 95%)

• Yandex (+ 80%)

• Polymetal (+ 60%)

• AFK Systema (+ 57%)

• TCS Group (+56%)

• Magnet (+ 52%)

• NLMK (+ 51%)

• Severstal (+ 45%)

• Moscow Exchange (+ 45%)

• PIC and M.Video (+ 37%)

Companies leading the fall in 2020:

• Russneft (-56%)

• QIWI (-36%)

• TATNEFT (-34%)

• Aeroflot (-33%)

• Surgutneftegas (-22%)

• Lukoil (-21%)

• VTB (-18%)

• Inter RAO UES (-8%)

• Gazprom (-6%)

Analysts in Investing.com analyzed the value of shares of the largest Russian companies in the period from January 2020 to December 2020 and compiled a rating of companies whose shares showed the largest growth, as well as those whose shares showed the largest drop last year.

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