Poland reported a leak in the Druzhba oil pipeline, and Moscow Exchange excluded Meta shares from the list of admitted to trading – these and other important news for Wednesday morning, October 12, in our daily review.

A leak has been detected on one of the two strings of the Druzhba oil pipeline, Polish operator PERN reported. The leak occurred about 70 kilometers from the city of Płock. The second branch of the pipeline continues to operate normally. The reasons for the incident are unknown. The place of the leak was cordoned off, rescuers are working there.

Moscow Exchange excluded Meta Platforms* (NASDAQ:META) shares from the list of securities admitted to trading since October 12, according to the site. A day earlier, Rosfinmonitoring added the company to the terrorist and extremist register.

A few days before the OPEC+ decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day, the United States called on Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries of the Persian Gulf to postpone the decision for another month. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.

The euro exchange rate rose by 1.6 rubles, or 2.56%, to 64.0775 rubles as of 08:42 MSC, according to data from the Moscow Exchange. Above the mark of 64 rubles. rate rose for the first time since July 7 this year, that is, more than three months. The dollar exchange rate at the Moscow Exchange trades at 64.6925 rubles, which is 1.03 rubles more than the closing level of the previous day.

Moscow Exchange for the fourth time increased the number of shares of strategic companies, trading in which is prohibited for controlled foreign companies from “unfriendly” countries. The list was expanded from 65 to 71 shares.