15:19 - 9.02.2026

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February 9, Fineko/abc.az. At the beginning of trading on Monday, the Russian stock market showed moderate decline because of investors’ wait-and-see attitude before Bank of Russia’s meeting on the key rate and deterioration of the situation in the oil market, where Brent dropped to $67.2 per barrel.

ABC.AZ informs that in the first minutes of trading, the Moscow Exchange and RTS indices lost about 0.4%, and by 11:15 a.m. (Baku time), the decline increased to 0.6%. The shares of Sovcomflot and Severstal are exerting pressure on the market, while Rusal and VTB securities are traded in the black.