The dollar on the exchange exceeded the mark of 79 rubles for the first time in four years

The dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 79 rubles - for the first time since February 2016. This was reported on the site of the site.

According to Mosbirzhi, immediately after the start of the session, the dollar rose sharply to 79.22 rubles, but soon fell below 77 rubles and at 10:10 MSC is traded at 76.9 rubles.

The euro also grew up to almost 84.7 rubles - by 1.8 rubles to close previous bidding.

On March 6, the OPEC+ transaction participants did not agree to reduce production for an additional 1.5 million barrels per day. Russia opposed such a measure. Against the background of these news on March 9, oil prices collapsed, the cost of Brent oil oil in the moment fell to $ 31.02 per barrel. This has become a strong drop in oil prices within one day since 1991.

All this led to the fall of the ruble - the dollar exchange rate exceeded 75 rubles in the moment, and the euro - 85 rubles. Following this, the cost of Russian securities in the stock markets also fell. So Rosneft shares on the Moscow Exchange fell 16.91%, Lukoil by 18.65%, Surgutneftegaz - by 13.58%.