The index of the Moscow Exchange on Monday, August 17, reached 3,919.8 points, having broken the historical record. The previous maximum of the Russian stock market has established July 6 – 3,915 points, evidence of the data of Mosbierzhi.
By the time of writing the news, it was 3917.92 points (an increase of 0.58 percent). The RTS index amounted to 1678.85 points (an increase of 0.28 percent), at the maximum, the indicator reached 1,679.91 points.
The dollar rate grows by 0.26 percent, to the mark of 73.5 rubles, the euro rate is 0.37 percent, to 86.59 rubles. Brent variety oil fell by 0.17 percent, the price reached $ 69.36 per barrel, WTI cheaper up to 66.88 dollars (minus 0.24 percent).
August 13 Rosstat reported that in the second quarter of the year, the growth of gross domestic product (GDP) of Russia was 10.3 percent at the annual level. In terms of economic growth, the country overtook the United States, where in April-June, GDP rose by 6.5 percent.