The MosBirch index fell 3% in the first minutes of trading on Monday, March 28, on MosBirch. The index fell to 2,407.2 points.

The RTS index fell 3.4% to 801.5 points.

This is the first trading on the exchange after a long break, to which almost all securities are admitted.

The Bank of Russia temporarily halted trading in the stock market section of the exchange after the collapse on February 24 and 25, following the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.

Stock trading resumed on March 24, but only 33 large Russian companies included in the MosBirch index were admitted to trading.