MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The Russian Trading System (RTS),
the main electronic share dealing network, said on Tuesday that
it had received the approval of the securities commission to
restart trade after an earlier suspension.
A spokesman for the RTS said trade was restarted at 1248 GMT
after being halted following a fall in the bourse index of more
than seven percent from the open, triggering circuit breakers.
The spokeswoman said that the securities commission had
ruled that trade would be halted again if the index registered a
nine percent fall from the open.
The Russian bourse has been battered for several days as
investors worry the country will not be able to drag itself out
of its financial crisis and as emerging markets in general
slide.
By 1300 GMT, the RTS1-Interfax index <.IRTS> of leading
shares was down 7.54 percent from the open at 106.65 to register
an 11.80 percent slide since Monday's close.
((Moscow newsroom +7095 941 8520,
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