OREANDA-NEWS. Russian stock indices accelerated growth during trading on the Moscow Exchange. Thus, the RTS index grew by 3.33%, to 1045.89 points, the Mosbirzhi index - by 2.27%, to the level of 2544.47 points, according to the trading platform.

The growth leaders during the trading session were ordinary shares (+ 5.56%) and prefs (+ 4.77%) of Mechel, ordinary shares of Tatneft (+ 4.66%), Mosbirzhi (+ 4.41%) , Surgutneftegaz (+ 4.19%), Tatneft preferred shares (+ 3.95%), Polymetal shares (+ 3.85%), Polyus shares (+ 3.65%), RusHydro (+ 3.41%) and Raspadskaya (+ 3.32%).

According to 12:15 Moscow time, the dollar is trading at 76.73 rubles (-0.45%), the euro - 83.38 rubles (-0.4%). The price of the June Brent crude futures is reduced by 7.86%, to $ 17.81 per barrel.