The Russian stock market on Tuesday, September 21, was closed for the first time in several days with a slight increase in the main stock indexes. At the close of trading, the Moscow Exchange index rose by 0.02 percent to 3970.48 points, the RTS index – by 0.6 percent to 1710.90 points.

At 18:50, the dollar rate dropped by 0.37 rubles to 73.08 rubles, the euro rate – by 0.48 rubles to 85.66 rubles. November futures for Brent crude oil are traded at $74.25 per barrel (plus 0.45 percent), WTI crude – at $70.34 (plus 0.2 percent).