Moscow stocks higher after Crimea votes to join Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian shares opened higher on Monday after Ukraine's Crimea region voted in favour of joining Russia, as local investors shrugged off threatened Western sanctions believing they would be largely symbolic.

At 0745 GMT the dollar-denominated RTS index was up 1.4 percent at 1,078 points, while the rouble-denominated MICEX was up 1.3 percent at 1,254 points.