The Moscow Exchange Index rose 0.69 percent at the opening of trading 
The Russian stock market opened with the growth of the main stock indexes on Friday, December 3. At the opening of the main trading session on the Moscow Exchange, the Moscow Exchange index climbed to 3974.86 points (plus 0.69 percent), the RTS index – up to 1697.56 points (plus 0.44 percent).
Out of 15 ” only Tatneft (minus 0.24 percent, 502.4 rubles per share) was in the red by 10:05 of the Moscow Exchange's blue chips. Most of all, securities rose in price for TCS Group (plus 1.05 percent, to 7297.6 rubles), Novatek (plus 0.85 percent, to 1736.4 rubles) and Gazprom (plus 0.53 percent, to 352, 16 rubles).
A barrel of Brent crude oil cost $ 70.82 (plus 1.65 percent), WTI crude – $ 67.69 (plus 1.73 percent). Gas futures for January traded at $ 1,085.