Russian assets down sharply on Ukraine conflict fears


  • World
  • Monday, 14 Apr 2014

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian stocks and the rouble fell sharply on Monday as Ukraine prepared to fight pro-Russian rebels, heightening fears of Russian military intervention and more western sanctions against Moscow.

At 09.00 a.m. BST the rouble-denominated MICEX index was down 1.6 percent to 1,340 points and the dollar-denominated RTS index fell 2.6 percent to 1,173 points.

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