The Russian stock market began the first trading in December with the growth of indices by 0.4%

The Russian stock market began the first trading in December with the growth of indices by 0.4% The Russian stock market began its first trading in December with the growth of the Moscow Exchange and RTS indices by 0.4% relative to Monday's close.

Today, stock indices of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) are rising after the data on the Chinese PMI, investors are also waiting for the speech of the head of the US Federal Reserve System (FRS) Jerome Powell in the Senate Banking Committee.

Western European stocks closed lower on Monday, but posted a record monthly rise in November on upbeat news on COVID-19 vaccines.

American stock indices also ended lower trading on Monday, while showing record monthly gains and November dynamics.

Quotes of futures for US indices plus on Tuesday morning.

Oil prices decline on Tuesday amid unexpected postponement of OPEC + meeting from 1 to 3 December.

The Moscow Exchange index added 0.42% per minute of trading and amounted to 3120.78 points.

The RTS index by 10:01 Moscow time rose by 0.46% - to 1287.82 points.