The car group's shares were the most actively traded option.
Few people expected the price of the world's most widely traded commodity to fall, at least not so fast.
It was the second most heavily traded stock of the day, at 4.2 million shares.
Prices of the most highly traded goods have been in general decline for several years.
National shares were one of the most heavily traded issues, with 2.4 million changing hands.
In the stock market, several technology shares were among the most actively traded issues.
The company is one of the most actively traded on the Russian stock market.
More than 15.6 million shares changed hands, making the company's stock the seventh most traded issue.
It is also the eighth most traded currency in the world.
Microsoft was far and away the most actively traded issue yesterday.
