12 Jan 2012 10:22

Russian stock indices open on rise Thursday

MOSCOW. Jan 12 (Interfax) - The Russian stock market opened for business Thursday with blue chip shares on the rise amid positive externals, and the RTS and MICEX indices were up early on.

By 10:01 a.m. Moscow time, the MICEX index was up 0.4% at 1471.17 points and the RTS index likewise 0.4% at 1457.73 points. Benchmark share prices on the MICEX-RTS exchange had gained as much as 1.7%.

VTB was up 0.6%, Gazprom had gained 0.4%, Gazprom Neft 0.3%, Lukoil 0.3%, NOVATEK 0.5%, Norilsk Nickel 0.5%, Polyus Gold 1.7%, Rosneft 0.4%, Rostelecom 0.3%, Sberbank of Russia 0.5%, Surgutneftegas 0.1%, Tatneft 0.9%, and FGC UES 0.9%.