Friday's trading session, which began with strong growth on the Russian stock market, ended with indices rising within 1%, despite the decline in oil prices that followed Libya's declaration of a ceasefire, RIA Novosti reports .

At the end of the day, the MICEX index rose by 0.56% to 1,747.32 points. The RTS index rose by 0.88% to 1962.92 points. Over the week, the MICEX index grew by 1.6%, the RTS index added 1.7%.

On the MICEX on Friday, shares of LUKOIL (+1.2%), Polyus Gold (+1.1%), Sberbank of Russia (+2%, up to 100.16 rubles), VTB (+0.9%) rose in price .

The shares of Surgutneftegaz (-2.9%), Tatneft (-2.2%), Gazprom (-0.4%), Norilsk Nickel (-0.4%), Gazprom Neft fell in price. (-1%), Rostelecom (-0.7%), Rosneft (-0.5%).

In the “second tier” on the MICEX on Friday, shares of OGK-4 (+9.1%), Mosenergosbyt (+8.1%), AvtoVAZ (+7.6%), OGK-1 (+6.5) rose on Friday %), Akron (+4.5%), Novatek (+4.4%), Raspadskaya (+3.2%). The shares of FSK (-4.2%), Razgulay (-2.6%), TGK-14 (-2.6%), Polymetal (-2.2%), Aeroflot (-2) fell in price .2%), TGC-13 (-2.2%).

The total trading volume of shares on the classic RTS market for the day amounted to $7.736 million, in the RTS Standard section the turnover reached $641.5 million, on the MICEX the turnover in shares exceeded 69.936 billion rubles.

Indices in the US rose yesterday amid increased optimism that Japan will be able to cope with the crisis in the nuclear energy sector caused by the recent earthquake, Interfax notes .

In Asia on Friday, positive dynamics of stock indicators prevailed on news about a decrease in radiation levels in Japan and the currency intervention of the Group of Seven.

Europe also grew on Friday (the FTSE index rose by 0.5%) and the correction continued in the States (the S&P 500 index grew by 0.6% by 18:45 Moscow time).

G7 countries on Friday carried out joint interventions in the foreign exchange market to curb the rise of the yen, which threatens to worsen the economic situation of Japan, which suffered from the devastating earthquake.

The UN Security Council approved the creation of a no-fly zone over Libya. The resolution authorizes the international community to “take all necessary measures” to protect the civilian population of Libya. In response to this, Libya announced a ceasefire against the opposition, which caused the oil market to decline and put pressure on Russian oil securities.

The cost of May futures contracts for WTI oil at 18:45 Moscow time was $102.4 per barrel (+0.01%), for Brent oil – $114.62 per barrel (-0.24%).

The Russian stock market ended the week with growth following global markets