The Moscow Exchange Index rose 0.33 percent at the close of trading
The Russian stock market closed with an increase in the main stock indices on Monday, November 15. At the close of the main trading session on the Moscow Stock Exchange, the Mosbirzh index increased by 0.33 percent to 4135.14 points, the RTS index – by 0.4 percent to 1791.44 points.
Among the blue chips The Moscow Exchange saw the biggest gains in the price of Gazprom (plus 1.62 percent to RUB 339 per share), Norilsk Nickel (plus 1.29 percent to RUB 22 384) and Lukoil (plus 0.95 percent to RUB 6943 , 5 rubles). The shares of Surgutneftegaz (minus 6.55 percent, to 43.8 rubles), Yandex (minus 0.96 percent, to 5912.6 rubles) and Polyus (minus 0.8 percent, to 15 844 rubles).
The dollar exchange rate was 72.7 rubles (minus 0.18 rubles), the exchange rate of the euro – 83.05 rubles (minus 0.33 rubles). Bitcoin traded at $ 64,522.5 per coin (plus 0.7 percent).