The Russian stock market ambiguously completed trading on Wednesday, December 15. The Mosbier index closed with a slight increase of 0.07 percent (up to 3621.82 points), the RTS index dropped by 0.5 percent (up to 1541 points), indicate the data of the Moscow Exchange.
Among the “Blue Chips” Mosbirries have risen the shares of “Surgutneftegaz” (plus 8.49 percent, up to 39.89 rubles per piece). The take-off occurred on the news that the company wants to become a competitor to Gazprom and achieve admission to the export of gas through pipes. MTS shares have also shown the greatest growth (plus 1.61 percent, up to 280.7 rubles) and “Tatneft” (plus 1.12 percent, up to 470 rubles). Most of the paper “Polymetal” (minus 1.87 percent, up to 1217.8 rubles), “Yandex” (minus 1.82 percent, up to 4502.8 rubles) and Sberbank (minus 1.56 percent, up to 280.46 ruble).
Brent oil was traded at 73.18 dollars per barrel (minus 0.71 percent), WTI grade – 70.06 (minus 0.95 percent). Gas futures on the European stock exchange traded $ 1500 per thousand cubic meters.
The dollar exchange rate was 74.08 rubles (plus 0.29 rubles), the euro rate is 83.35 rubles (plus 0.26 rubles). Bitcoin traded $ 46,773.4 for a coin (minus 0.11 percent).
December 15 will continue a two-day session of the US Federal Reserve, on which the regulator is likely to declare accelerating the collapse of emergency stimulation by two times. It can also be announced to increase interest rates in 2022.