Gazprom shares fell by almost 30% after the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange

Gazprom shares fell by almost 30% after the opening of trading on the Moscow Exchange.

According to RBC, the shares of the gas company fell by 29.74% to 137.1 per share. The Moscow Exchange announced discrete auction for Gazprom shares. The index of the Moscow Exchange itself, following the collapse of the shares of the gas company, fell 9% below 1,900 points.

One of the reasons for the fall of Gazprom shares could be a dividend cutoff — from today, those who bought Gazprom shares will not receive the right to payment of dividends for the first half of the year.

This morning, Russia launched a series of massive missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Explosions occurred in the center of Kyiv, Lvov, Kharkov, Khmelnitsky and other cities. The impacts are on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure, in some areas there is no electricity or water. Mediazona is online.

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