The ruble continued to rise after the meeting between Putin and Trump

MOSCOW, July 16th. / TASS /. The price of a barrel of Brent crude to be delivered on the ICE exchange in September fell by 4.4% to 72.04 dollars per barrel, according to auction data.

Monday, the presidential palace of the center of Helsinki hosted a summit of more than four hours. It was the first meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. At the same time, before the joint press conference of the leaders of the Russian Federation and the United States, at the end of the summit, the price of Brent decreased by 3.65% and was about $ 72.58 barrel

Before the press conference of Putin and Trump, the dollar rate was at the level of 62.33 rubles , the euro at the level of 72.98 rubles

Russian stock indexes ended their transactions shortly before the end of the joint press conference of Putin and Trump. In particular, the Mossbirge index ended the day down 0.52%, to 2334.18 points, the RTS index down 0.73% to 1180.64 points.

During the press conference Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia and the United States can cooperate in regulating the world's oil and gas markets.

Putin explained that "the profitability of production disappears beyond certain limits."

are not interested in too high prices. "We have something to say here, there is a field of cooperation," says Putin. [ad_2]
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