The Moscow Exchange Index fell 0.68 percent at the opening of trading 
The Russian stock market opened with the fall of the main stock indexes on Thursday, November 18. At the opening of the main trading session on the Moscow Exchange, the Moscow Exchange index fell to 4120.81 points (minus 0.68 percent), the RTS index – to 1788.34 points (minus 0.79 percent).
By 10: 05 out of 15 blue chip companies, only two were in positive territory – Norilsk Nickel (plus 0.17 percent, 22,570 rubles per share) and MTS (plus 0.02 percent, 312.55 rubles). The most depreciated were TCS Group (minus 1.07 percent, 7164.4 rubles), Lukoil (minus 1.04 percent, 6813 rubles) and Tatneft (minus 0.66 percent, 526.1 rubles)./p>