11 Jun 2010 10:53

MICEX stock index up 0.2% at open on Friday

MOSCOW. June 11 (Interfax) - Russian stocks gained at the open of trading on the MICEX stock exchange on Friday following gains on exchanges in the U.S. and Asia.

The MICEX index was up 0.21% to 1,342.88 points as of 10:31 a.m. and the RTS index was up 0.38% to 1,364.06 points.

Advancers on MICEX included VTB - up 0.3%, Gazprom - up 0.4%, Gazprom Neft - up 0.9%, MMC Norilsk Nickel - up 0.2%, Polyus Gold - up 0.1%, Rosneft - up 0.4%, Rostelecom - up 0.9%, Sberbank Russia - up 0.5% and Tatneft - up 0.1%.

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