MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Capital investment by Russian

companies rose by 1.1 percent year-on-year in January to 498.3

billion roubles ($16.54 billion), the Federal Statistics Service

said on

Tuesday.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.5 percent rise

in investment.

The FSS provided the following data:

RUSSIAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT Jan 13 Dec 12 Jan 12

Volume (bln roubles) 498.3 2,188.3 n/a

Yr/yr percent change +1.1 -0.7 +16.6

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($1 = 30.1209 Russian roubles)

(Compiled by Maya Dyakina)

Keywords: RUSSIA INVESTMENT/

(maya.dyakina@thomsonreuters.com)(+7-495-775-12-42)

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