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Russian stock market daily morning report (March 10, 2010, Wednesday)

March 10, 2010, Wednesday, 19:32 GMT | 14:32 EST | 01:02 IST | 03:32 SGT
Contributed by Veles Capital


By Veles Capital

 

After the holidays growth got suspended at the Russian share market. Domestic indices were correcting down by 1% in the first half of the day following Asia and European trading grounds, along with the drop of oil prices, which has been caused by dollar strengthening versus euro, and also the expectations of the investors on increase of oil supplies in the U.S. So, mainly the oil section was pulling the market down. Banks and power energy looked better than the market. In the second half of the day the drop suspended, and the market went laterally and continued trading within the psychological 1,500 and 1,400 points of the RTS and MICEX indices respectively. By the end of the session slight climbing following the American markets was indicated.

 

 

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