The dollar fell below 75 rubles for the first time since March 23 during trading on the stock exchange. At 12:00 Moscow time, the currency price rose to 75.07 rubles (minus 0.35).

The euro dropped to 90.5 rubles (minus 0.10). The cost of June Brent crude oil futures on the ICE exchange in London is growing by 0.5 percent to $65.7. Oil of the WTI brand rose in price by 0.7 percent (to $ 61.9).

Earlier it became known that the Ministry of Economy and Development plans to adjust its forecast for the growth of real salaries in Russia from 2.2 to 2 percent in 2021. According to the forecast, inflation will go beyond the central bank’s target of four percent. It will be 4.3 percent (the previous forecast was 3.7 percent), which is associated with an acceleration in the growth of food prices.