Russian stocks rise to 2,135 on index
Russian stock markets rose on Friday, with the Moscow Exchange index reaching 2,135 points, driven by higher metal and oil prices, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions. The market ended the week nearly flat.
Consensus
- The Moscow Exchange index rose on Friday, 21 August.
- The index reached approximately 2,135 points.
- Oil and metal prices contributed to the market rise.
- Geopolitical tensions remained a restraining factor.
- The week ended with the Moscow Exchange index nearly flat.
- The RTS index also increased on Friday.
- The official exchange rate for the US dollar was set at 82.9211 rubles from 22 August.
Points of divergence
- The Moscow Exchange index closed at 2,134.97 points, a gain of 0.6%. — interfax
- The RTS index closed at 811.09 points, a gain of 1.2%. — interfax
- Lenta shares rose by 3.1%, En+ Group by 2.6%, Novatek by 2.2%, Tatneft by 1.8%, while MKB and VK shares declined by 4% and 2.1% respectively. — interfax
- At 16:00 MSK on 21 August, the Moscow Exchange index was at 2,130.27 points, up 0.41% from the previous day. — vedomosti
- The RTS index was at 805.09 points, up 0.41%, and the total trading volume was 43.09 billion rubles. — vedomosti
- The Moscow Exchange index fell less than 0.1% for the week, while the RTS index rose 1.9%. — interfax
- No specific information was provided on weekly index performance or individual stock movements. — vedomosti
Coverage (13 sources)
- Russian stock market rose to 2135p on Moscow Exchange index on Friday — Интерфакс
- Russian stock market continues consolidation — Ведомости
- Russian stock market trades without a clear direction — Ведомости
- Russian stock market tries to continue growth — Ведомости
- Russian stock market exceeded 2170p on Moscow Exchange index on Putin's statements — Интерфакс
- Russian stock market ends day with confident growth — Ведомости
- Russian stock market not ready to continue confident growth — Ведомости
- Moscow Exchange and RTS indices rose by 0.5% at the start of main trading — Интерфакс
- Russian stock market opened in morning session with IMOEX2 index up 0.9% — Интерфакс
- Russian stock market rose to 2150 points on Moscow Exchange index on Tuesday within the correction — Интерфакс
- Russian stock market confidently rises after four days of decline — Ведомости
- Indices of Moscow Exchange and RTS rose by 0.9% at the start of the main session — Интерфакс
- Russian stock market opened in morning session with IMOEX2 index up 0.75% within correction — Интерфакс
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- Russia
- Moscow Exchange
- Vladimir Putin
- Ukraine
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