The
Micex Index (INDEXCF) declined 2.2 percent to 1,462.82 by the close in Moscow,
the biggest one-day loss since Nov. 13 and the most among 21 emerging markets tracked by Bloomberg. The dollar- denominated
RTS Index (RTSI$) fell 2.8 percent to 1,494.30.
VTB Group (VTBR),
Russia’s second-biggest lender, slumped 5.3 percent.
OAO Sberbank (SBER), the nation’s largest lender with a 14 percent weighting on the Micex, retreated 3.8 percent.
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