MOSCOW, September 12. /ITAR-TASS/. The shares of Russian oil companies and banks affected by Western sanctions grew on the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) on Friday.

As of 18:30 Moscow time, the shares of Rosneft had gained 1.2%, those of Gazprom Neft 1.7%, Transneft’s 1.7%, Sberbank’s 0.5%, and Gazprom’s 0.6%.