MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. Russia’s stock market went up as Monday trading opened on Moscow Exchange while the dollar-denominated RTS Index rose above 900 points for the first time since October 22, according to trading data. As of 10:03 a.m. Moscow time (07:03 a.m. GMT) the RTS Index was up by 2.32% at 900.93 points.
As of 10:20 a.m. Moscow time (07:20 a.m. GMT), the MOEX Index was up by 1.73% at 2,781.92 points, the RTS was up by 1.73% at 895.77 points while the yuan was up by 1.05 kopeck at 13.5805 rubles.
As trading opened on Moscow Exchange, the MOEX Index went up by 1.77% to 2,782.97 points, the RTS Index added 1.77% to 896.11 points while the yuan exchange rate against the ruble added 2.95 kopecks compared with previous closing to 13.599 rubles, according to trading data as of 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (07:00 a.m. GMT).
On June 13, the Moscow Exchange suspended trading in the dollar and euro after the US Treasury imposed sanctions against it and the National Clearing Center, part of the Moscow Exchange group. The regulator uses bank reports and information from over-the-counter trading to determine the dollar and euro exchange rates to the ruble.