The Moscow Stock Exchange index at the opening of the main session on Monday rose by 0.5% to 2,476.82 points, the RTS index added 0.5% to 949.92 points. As Interfax points out. Markets", market growth is supported by expectations for the upcoming negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and Rostat data on the slowdown in inflation, which strengthens investors' hopes for an easing of the central bank's monetary policy. The restraining factor is the renewed drop in oil prices.

The Moscow Stock Exchange index at the opening of the main session on Monday rose by 0.5% to 2,476.82 points, the RTS index added 0.5% to 949.92 points. As Interfax points out. Markets", market growth is supported by expectations for the upcoming negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and Rostat data on the slowdown in inflation, which strengthens investors' hopes for an easing of the central bank's monetary policy. The restraining factor is the renewed drop in oil prices.