Russian stocks hold positions as rouble retreats

19.10.2022

Russian markets opened steady on Tuesday as month-end tax payments offered support to a rouble buffeted by ever-present investor jitters over the possibility of fresh Western sanctions against Moscow.

The Russian rouble opened 0.4% down against the U.S. dollar, trading at 61.91 at 0730 GMT.

Against the euro, the rouble climbed 0.4%...