
MICEX, RTS indexes rising as trading day ended
Russian market indexes ended the trading session on Friday in the green.
Russian market indexes ended the trading session on Friday in the green.
The Bank of Russia sold 6.3 bln rubles ($85.49 mln) worth of foreign exchange on the domestic market with settlements on December 24 as part of preventive measures curbing volatility, the regulator reported on Friday.
The dollar fell by 0.34% to 73.6425 rubles, the euro rate did not change and amounted to 90.095 rubles.
Russian stocks opened mixed on Friday as the MOEX index lost 0.02% to 3,236.38 points, while the RTS index gained 0.11% to 1,379.84 points.
The Bank of Russia sold 6.3 bln rubles ($84.43 mln) worth of foreign exchange on the domestic market with settlements on December 23 as part of preventive measures curbing volatility, the regulator reported on Thursday.
Russian stocks opened mixed on Thursday as the MOEX index gained 0.05% to 3,253.73 points, while the RTS index lost 0.11% to 1,365.31 points.
The dollar fell by 0.02%, to 75.0675 rubles, the euro rose by 0.12% to 91.6 rubles.
As of 10:26 am, the dollar was down by 0.65% trading at 75.42 rubles, while the euro was trading at 91.96 rubles (-0.28%).
The Bank of Russia sold 6.5 bln rubles ($86 mln) worth of foreign exchange on the domestic market with settlements on December 22 as part of preventive measures curbing volatility, the regulator reported on Wednesday.
The Russian stock market opened with a decline in stock indices, as of 10:00 Moscow time, the Moscow Exchange index lost 0.38%, reaching 3224.02 points, the RTS index decreased by 0.98%, to 1338.2 points on Wednesday.