09.08.2011 10:11
The collapse of the Russian stock market continued to
The fall of the Russian stock market on Tuesday, August 9, continued against the backdrop of deteriorating external conditions, after reduction of agency Standard & Poor's credit rating the United States. The RTS index lost at the opening of trading on the 4.46 per cent per cent, crashing to the level of 1583.77 points. A day earlier, Russian stock indexes experienced a record day fall since 2008.
08.08.2011 18:59
The MICEX index fell to a minimum since October 2010
The MICEX index in the course of trading August 8 for the first time in October 2010 dropped below 1500 points, losing 5.5 percent against the background of global sales. It is not excluded that, during the trading session on August 9 slump will continue as global equity markets still win back lost U.S. first-class credit rating.