Moscow Exchange bans short selling of euro instruments

MOSCOW – The Moscow Exchange said on Friday it imposed a ban on short selling of euro currency and stock instruments, in a further move by Russian authorities are taking to stabilise its shattered markets.

Russian markets took a hit from a range of harsh economic and financial sanctions that the West imposed in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

(Reporting by Moscow Newsroom; editing by John Stonestreet)

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