25 Apr 2011 10:20

RTS index up 0.2% at 2053.08 pts at open

MOSCOW. April 25 (Interfax) - Share-trading on the Russian Trading System opened on Monday with blue-chip share prices on the rise amid rising oil and metals markets, and the RTS index gained 0.2% to 2053.08 points in the first minute of trading.

By 10:01 a.m. Moscow time, prices for most benchmark shares had risen within 0.5%.