At the beginning of trading on the last day of March, the Russian stock market demonstrates a major mood, despite the deterioration of the external raw materials (oil and metals fell in price) and stock market conditions due to the weakening of optimism regarding the progress in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, as well as against the background of the decision of the Central Bank of Russia to cancel the ban on short sales of Russian shares for professional market participants.

By 10:02 Moscow time, the MosBirch index rose by 1.59% to 2553.03 points.

By 10:02 Moscow time, the RTS index rose by 1.48% to 963.28 points, while the indicator was slightly negative at the market opening.

Oil is getting cheaper today, losing 4-4.8% in price.

Stock indices of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) are mostly declining today on the background of disappointing statistics and geopolitics, the only exception is the South Korean indicator.

At the end of yesterday’s trading, most European stock indices declined, except for the British one.

The U.S. stock market closed Wednesday in the red zone.