Donetsk News Make Russian Stocks Fall by 4.3%

Russian stock exchanges sharply fell on April 7.

By 3.10 pm Minsk time MICEX was down by 3.27%, to 1337 points, and RTS was down by 4.28%, slon.ru informs.

The sharp fall of the stock has taken place amid the news from Ukraine, where separatists have proclaimed the so-called “Donetsk people’s republic”.

At the same time exchange rates of main currencies have grown: by 3 p.m. Moscow time Euro exchange rate has grown by 52 kopecks and reached 48.8850 RUB, and US dollar has grown by 32 kopecks and reached 35.6175 RUB.