Russian stocks continue falls in early trade

MOSCOW, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's two main stock exchanges, MICEX and the RTS, extended further losses in early trade on Thursday as their benchmark indexes both fell.

As of 10:37 a.m. Moscow time (6:37 GMT), the index of the ruble-denominated MICEX declined 1.14% to 996.40 points while the index of the dollar-denominated RTS slipped 0.18% to 945.87 points.