The Russian stock market started trading on Thursday on the upswing following the rise in oil prices and the improvement in the external stock market environment.

European stock indices ended trading on Wednesday with a steady growth.

U.S. equity markets ended yesterday’s trading on a positive note in anticipation of fresh inflation data.

Today Asian stock markets are trading without a single dynamics.

Oil is slightly rising in price after more than 3 percent increase in prices the day before.

The MosBirch index rose by 0.29% to 2193.26 points.

The RTS index rose by 1.21% to 1014.76 points by 10:01 Moscow time.