MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. The RTS index plunged after the publication of official currency rates by the Bank of Russia, according to the Moscow Exchange.

The regulator lowered the dollar rate to 79.73 rubles, the euro rate to 93.56 rubles and the yuan rate to 11.27 rubles for December 13-15.

The RTS index moved downward by 0.57% to 1,085.23 points. The MOEX Russia index lost 0.1% to 2,746.63 points.