Russian stock market ends week with main indices down

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 14, 2026 · 218 words

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What to know about Russian stock market ends week with main indices down

The article reports on the decline of Russia's MOEX and RTS stock indices on Friday, August 14. It provides various forecasts from financial analysts and brokerage firms regarding potential support levels for the indices and future exchange rates for the dollar, euro, and yuan.

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What happened

Russia’s stock market closed in the red on Friday as the ruble-denominated MOEX Index lost 4.29% to 2,136.35 points, while the dollar-denominated RTS Index fell by 5.13% to 796.02 points.

Why it matters

The yuan exchange rate against the ruble added 8 kopecks to 12.53 rubles.

Common ground

"The MOEX Index accelerated its decline at the end of the week.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Andrey Smirnov, stock market analyst at BCS World of Investment”

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Multiple independent web search results explicitly identify Andrey Smirnov as a stock market analyst at BCS World of Investment (or BCS World of Investments), quoting him on market trends.

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web search NEUTRAL — The intraday correction was likely triggered by corporate news flow and a strengthening ruble," said Andrey Smirnov, a stock market analyst at BCS World of Investments.BCS World of Investments expects…
https://crabs.name/index.php?action=view&id_news=158643842

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web search NEUTRAL — Market drivers have not improved: the rise in oil prices has stalled, as has the ruble’s depreciation. Geopolitical optimism is gradually fading," said Andrey Smirnov, stock market analyst at BCS Worl…
http://ecoruspace.ru/index.php?action=view&id_news=139365199

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web search NEUTRAL — Market drivers have not improved: the rise in oil prices has stalled, as has the ruble’s depreciation. Geopolitical optimism is gradually fading," said Andrey Smirnov, stock market analyst at BCS Worl…
https://spacegis.ru/index.php?action=view&id_news=139365199

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Claim 2: “Russia’s stock market closed in the red on Friday as the ruble-denominated MOEX Index lost 4.29% to 2,136.35 points”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of Wikipedia entries for the movie 'Friday', the DAX, the Dow Jones, and the S&P 500. None of the evidence sources contain information regarding the MOEX Index's performance on Friday, August 14.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The DAX (Deutscher Aktienindex (German stock index); German pronunciation: [daks] ) is a stock market index consisting of the 40 major German blue chip companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchang…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAX

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 30 large companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have large market ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500

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Claim 3: “The yuan exchange rate against the ruble added 8 kopecks to 12.53 rubles”

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The evidence provided includes general currency converters and articles about China-Russia relations, but no specific data confirming the exchange rate of the yuan against the ruble was 12.53 rubles or increased by 8 kopecks on the specified date.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chinese–Russian border or the Sino-Russian border is the international border between China and Russia. After the final demarcation carried out in the early 2000s, it measures 4,209.3 kilometres (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_border

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China and Russia share one of the world's most important foreign relationships. Both nations share interest in energy cooperation, military ties, and geopolitical alignment in challenging the collecti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russians in China are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People's Republic of China. Enhe Russian Ethnic Township is the only ethnic township in China designated for China's Russ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_China

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Claim 4: “the dollar-denominated RTS Index fell by 5.13% to 796.02 points”

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While there are search results mentioning the RTS Index, none of them match the specific date (Friday, August 14) or the specific values (5.13% decrease to 796.02 points). One source mentions a Wednesday close with different figures, and another mentions a 2.1% drop to 985.5 points, but neither corroborates the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Swiss Market Index (SMI) is Switzerland's blue-chip stock market index, which makes it the most followed in the country. It is made up of 20 of the largest and most liquid Swiss Performance Index …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Market_Index

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