Russian stocks up as main trading session opens
The yuan exchange rate against the ruble lost 2.4 kopecks as trading opened compared with previous closing to 11.771 rubles
MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/. Russia’s stock market went up as the main trading session started on Thursday as the MOEX and RTS indices added 1.01% to 2,259.7 and 897.03 points, respectively, according to trading data as of 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (07:00 a.m. GMT). The yuan exchange rate against the ruble lost 2.4 kopecks as trading opened compared with previous closing to 11.771 rubles.
As of 10:30 a.m. Moscow time (07:30 a.m. GMT), the indices were up by 1.4% at 2,268.6 and 900.56 points, respectively. Meanwhile, the yuan exchange rate was down by 0.8 kopecks at 11.787 rubles.
The MOEX Index with additional IMOEX2 ticker added 0.4% as morning trading session started on the Moscow Exchange as of 7:00 a.m. Moscow time (4:00 a.m. GMT), reaching 2,246.07 points.