The collapse of the Russian stock market at the opening of trading

 

The Russian stock market fell significantly in the early trading session on Tuesday, December 14, Prime Agency reported, citing trading data.

The main index of Mosbirzh with additional token (iMOEX2) decreased by 4.9% to 3,444 points. A few minutes before that, this indicator updated the autumn index since March, falling to the level of 3,352.53 points.

In addition, a significant decline appeared in the shares of many mining and investment companies – shares of Rusal fell by 9.1%, NLMK – by 9.2%, Norilsk Nickel – by 9.5%, and shares of AFK Sistema fell by 9.9%.

Meanwhile, Brent crude fell 0.4% to $74.1 a barrel.