Moscow. 22 July. INTERFAX.RU – The Russian stock market corrected upward on Friday amid improved external conditions and a reduction in the key rate of the Bank of Russia immediately by 150 basis points (to 8% per annum), the Moscow Exchange index rebounded above 2090 points, led by securities of financial and oil companies.

As a result of trading, the Moscow Exchange index amounted to 2096.75 points (+2.1%), the RTS index – 1161.47 points (+1.7%); prices of the majority of „blue chips” on the „Moscow Exchange” rose within 5.8%.

The dollar rose to 56.93 rubles (+0.28 rubles), during the day the rate rose to 58.65 rubles/$1.

Over the week, the RTS and Moscow Exchange indices sank by 0.01-0.6%, the dollar fell by 0.24 rubles.

On Friday, shares of Yandex (+5.8%), TCS Group receipts (+5.4%), LUKOIL (+4.2%), AFK Sistema (+4.2%), Rosneft (+3.6%), MMK (+3.1%), NOVATEK (+3.1%), Moscow Exchange (+3%), Sberbank (+2.7% and +2.9% of preferred shares), ALROSA (+2.5%), Surgutneftegaz (+2.3% and +0.3% of preferred shares), Magnit (+2.1 %), Gazprom Neft (+1.7%), Gazprom (+1.4%), NLMK (+1.4%), Tatneft (+1.4%), RusHydro ” (+1.3%), OZON receipts (+1.3%), shares of VTB (+1.2%), Severstal (+1%), MTS (+0.8%), ” Inter RAO” (+0.2%).