8 Jul 2010 10:44

MICEX opens with 1.3% index growth

MOSCOW. July 8 (Interfax) - Trading on Russia's MICEX opened Thursday with share price gains and an index rise of 1.33% to 1345.48 points.

By 10:31 a.m. Moscow time, the RTS index was also up 1.62% at 1374.65 points, and most benchmark shares had gained 0.7%-2.2%. Futures on the RTS index were up 2.8 points against the underlying asset.

VTB was up 1.3% on the MICEX, Gazprom had risen 0.8%, Gazprom Neft 1.6%, Norilsk Nickel 1.4%, Lukoil 1.5%, Polyus Gold 0.7%, Rosneft 1.4%, Rostelecom 1.5%, Sberbank of Russia 1.9%, Surgutneftegas 2.2%, and Tatneft 0.8%.