Russia's central bank increased interest rates on Monday from 9.5% to 20% after the country's currency, the ruble, plummeted following a raft of new sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.
The big picture: The Bank of Russia also announced a series of measures in response to the sanctions — including that brokers must "suspend the execution of all orders by foreign legal entities and persons who want to sell off their Russian investments, such as stocks and shares," per a BBC translation.
- The central bank said in a statement that "trading on the foreign exchange market, money market, repo market of the Moscow Exchange will open" on Monday morning.
- It was also resuming buying gold on the domestic market, according to a separate statement.
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Editor's note: This article has been updated with details of the interest rate increase.