Russian News: August 1st, 2008!

RBC, 01.08.2008, Moscow 18:43:24.The Russian stock market closed with most traded securities sliding today. The MICEX index edged down 0.19 percent to 1,492.55 points and the RTS index fell 1.2 percent to 1,943.05 points. Among MICEX’s biggest losers were Rosneft (down 2.37 percent), Sberbank (down 1.56 percent), Gazprom (down 1.23 percent), and Surgutneftegas (down 0.75