Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.72%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms , Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK ), which rose 4.96% or 6.58 points to trade at 139.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM ) added 3.89% or 0.23 points to end at 6.20 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS ) was up 2.56% or 0.41 points to 16.22 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO ), which fell 2.64% or 9.20 points to trade at 338.80 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR ) declined 2.63% or 30.00 points to end at 1,110.00 and PIK (MCX:PIKK ) was down 2.41% or 16.40 points to 663.30.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 145 to 97 and 11 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.70% to 35.97.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.84% or 21.20 to $2,547.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $72.88 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 88.24, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 98.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 101.03.

Source: Investing.com