Moscow stocks higher after Crimea votes to join Russia
Tuesday, 18 March 2014 00:44
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Reuters: Russian shares opened higher on Monday after Ukraine’s Crimea region voted in favour of joining Russia, as local investors shrugged off threatened Western sanctions believing they would be largely symbolic.
At 0745 GMT the dollar-denominated RTS index was up 1.4% at 1,078 points, while the ruble-denominated MICEX was up 1.3% at 1,254 points.
The indexes had opened up 2.4-2.5% before edging back.
