Moscow Exchange opened with a fall in indexes

Mosbirzhi shares collapsed by 15%.

After the US sanction, the Moscow Exchange index fell to 3112.5 points, reports correspondent Moscow Post with reference to these sites.

Thus, shares of the exchange itself fell by 15 percent.

Advertisement

The United States imposed sanctions against the largest Russian companies, including Gazprom, Novatek, Sberbank and VTB. Projects such as Arctic LNG 1, Arctic LNG 3, Murmansk LNG, Gazprom Invest, Rusgazdobych, Murmansk -Transgaz and Obsksky gas and chemical complex LLC were included in the list of sanctions.

In addition, the American Ministry of Finance expanded the determination of the Russian military-industrial complex, including Russian banks, such as Sberbank and VTB. This means that foreign banks will also face sanctions for cooperation with these banks.

Since June 13, a ban on trading in dollars and euros, as well as tools, in the calculations for which these currencies are used, was introduced on the Mosbirzh.

In May, exchange operations with dollar and euros accounted for 51.57% of exchange trading. Trading dollars and euros will be held in the over -the -off market.

Source link