MOSCOW, February 16. /TASS/. The MOEX index rose by 0.98%, to 3,635.7 points at the start of trading at 7:00 am Moscow time on Wednesday.

By 07:09 Moscow time the index grew by 1.39%, to 3,650.43 points.

The price of futures contracts of Brent crude oil for April 2022 delivery was up by 0.14% to $93.15 per barrel on London’s ICE, while the price of WTI crude oil futures was down by 0.09%, trading at $90.13 per barrel.