10 May 2011 10:18

RTS index down 1.1% at 1914.84 points in first trading Tuesday

MOSCOW. May 10 (Interfax) - Share-trading on the Russian Trading System opened after the May holidays on Tuesday with blue-chip share prices on the down-swing and the RTS index losing 1.1% to 1914.84 points in the first minute of trading.

By 10:01 a.m. Moscow time, prices for most benchmark shares had lost up to 2%.