Russia's stock market opens with shares going down

MOSCOW, May 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's two main stock exchanges, MICEX and the RTS, opened on Monday with their key indexes going down below the psychological level of 1,000 points.

The index of the ruble-denominated MICEX opened down 2.1% from Friday's close at 995.90 points while the dollar-denominated RTS declined 1.65% to 994.69 points.