12 Aug 2011 10:12

RTS index climbs 1.7% to 1570.45 pts in first trading

MOSCOW. Aug 12 (Interfax) - Share-trading on the Russian Trading System opened Friday with rising blue chip share prices and the RTS index gaining 1.66% to 1570.45 points in the first minute of trading.

By 10:01 a.m. Moscow time, prices for most benchmark stocks on the RTS were up as much as 3.1% after the U.S. market rebounded somewhat the previous day.

FGC UES had gained 3.1% by that time, VTB was up 3%, Rosneft 3% as well, Sberbank of Russia 2.1%, and Tatneft 1.5%.