27 Jan 2012 10:21

Russian stock market opens on downswing Fri

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The Russian stock market opened on Friday with blue chip shares sliding.

By 10:01 a.m. Moscow time, the MICEX index was down 0.5% at 1506.71 points and the RTS index down 0.3% at 1568.93 points.

VTB had lost 0.7%, Gazprom 0.7%, too, Gazprom Neft was down 0.9%, Lukoil 0.3%, NOVATEK 0.3%, Norilsk Nickel 0.5%, Polyus Gold 0.1%, Rosneft 0.6%, Rostelecom 0.2%, Sberbank of Russia 0.6%, Surgutneftegas 0.4%, Tatneft 0.5%, and Federal Grid Company UES 0.2%.