16 Aug 2011 10:21

RTS index dips 0.2% to 1651.8 pts at market open

MOSCOW. Aug 16 (Interfax) - Share-trading on the Russian Trading System began Tuesday with blue chip stock prices slipping after gains the previous day, and the RTS index had dipped 0.2% to 1651.8 points by 10:01 a.m. Moscow time.

Prices for most benchmark shares on the exchange had lost as much as 1.7% by that time.

Lukoil was down 1.7%, Gazprom had slipped 0.9%, Sberbank of Russia 0.6%, and Norilsk Nickel 0.3%.