17 Jan 2012 10:16
Russian shares gain on Chinese data
MOSCOW. Jan 17 (Interfax) - Russian share prices rose in early trading Tuesday on improved overall sentiment due to economic data from China.
The MICEX stock index was up 1% to 1478.6 and the RTS index gained 1.1% to 1471.36 in the first minute of trading. Benchmark stocks rose up to 1.5%, led by VTB (RTS: VTBR and Tatneft .