The Moscow Exchange index fell 1.6%. The Moscow Exchange ruble index fell below 3,100 points for the first time since June 3.
Moscow Exchange shares on Thursday, June 13, fell 15% amid the introduction of US sanctions. This was reported by the Russian media in connection with trade data.
Shares of Sberbank at the opening of the trading session lost 4%, VTB – up to 4.7%. Shares of Novatek fell by 6.8%, Seligdar – by 10.3%.
The Moscow Exchange index fell by 1.6%, the RTS – by 1.4%. The Moscow Exchange ruble index fell below 3,100 points for the first time since June 3.
Let’s recall that on May 12, the Moscow Exchange, the National Clearing Center and the National Settlement Depository were included in the US sanctions letter. Before this, only NSD was under EU sanctions.
Against this background, the Moscow Exchange announced the cessation of trading in dollars and euros from June 13.
The head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andrey Pyshny, said that the new US sanctions dealt a heavy blow to Russia’s financial infrastructure.
Source: korrespondent
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