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| | RTS Index falls below 1500 on foreign pressure |
 | | The RTS index fell 3.41% to 1,490.64 - after dropping to 1,477.55 in the morning - and the MICEX was down 2.63% to 1,308.48. |
 | | The RTS tried to hit 1,500 on Thursday, which is relatively strong technical support, although testing it opens new horizons for a drop, said Yury Sedykh of the Russian Development Bank. |
 | | RTS classic market trading was $78.359 million, of which $49.37 million was for Gazprom, and trading volume on the MICEX stock section was 61.251 billion rubles, of which 28.27.22 billion rubles was for Gazprom. |
| www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/-rts-index-falls-below-1500-foreign-pressure-/2006/05/20/1657247.htm (1436 words) |
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