Kremlin buying cheap shares24 Mar 2022 15:59
Taken from Trading Economics today.
Note the shares being bought up by the government.
The MOEX Russia Index closed 4.4% higher at 2,580 on Thursday, having been up as much as 12% as the Russian stock market partially reopened for limited trading following a month-long shutdown. However, downward pressure on assets was limited after the central bank banned short-selling on stocks and prohibited foreigners from selling Russian equities and OFZ ruble bonds, while the Finance Ministry ordered its sovereign-wealth fund to buy up to RUB 1 trillion worth of shares, around 7.5% of the free-float MOEX index. Trading resumed for 33 blue chip firms listed in the exchange on Thursday, with energy giants Rosneft (17%) and Gazprom (13.3%) rising while state-backed banks Sberbank (3.9%) and VTB (-5.5%) closed mixed in the half-day session. Russia’s stock exchange has been closed since Feb. 25 following the country’s invasion of Ukraine and in anticipation of punishing international sanctions. .