Against the backdrop of sanctions imposed against Russia, the fertilizer sector seems to be the most protected area, with three sectoral securities on the Russian market: PhosAgro, Acron and KubyshevAzot.

According to the consensus, most analysts consider Acron (MCX:AKRN) and PhosAgro (MCX:PHOR) overbought by 20-30% and recommend selling these shares, writes BKS. This assessment has been maintained for the first week, but the shares continue to grow. The day before, rumors of EU sanctions crushed agrochemical stocks. Today they are shooting up 5-10%.

In turn, Severstal shares were outsiders in the first trading days of March on the Moscow Exchange after a long trading halt. Quotes fell to the lows of February, but did not renew them. Support was again provided by the proximity of the long-term uptrend, which stretches from the lows of 2014. It can be traced on the monthly chart.

According to experts, the long-term uptrend in Severstal shares remains in place. Now it is important to hold the February lows and, accordingly, the long-term rising trend.

It also became known that the net profit of Positive Technologies (the issuer of Positive Group PJSC) according to the results of 2021 increased by 27% and amounted to 1.9 billion rubles. Half of this amount the company plans to spend on dividends to shareholders, the total number of which has already exceeded 21 thousand. Positive Technologies is one of the few public companies in the domestic technology sector, which today is a growth company and will pay dividends, writes CNews.