Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 0.44%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 0.44%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT ), which rose 1.61% or 78.50 points to trade at 4,968.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR ) added 1.10% or 13.40 points to end at 1,234.60 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM ) was up 1.67% or 0.10 points to 6.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bank VTB PJSC (MCX:VTBR ), which fell 4.05% or 3.64 points to trade at 86.15 at the close. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL ) declined 1.28% or 0.44 points to end at 33.59 and AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX:AFKS ) was down 1.02% or 0.16 points to 15.10.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 113 and 17 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 0.74% to 25.85 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.81% or 21.20 to $2,647.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.21% or 2.35 to hit $75.59 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 3.17% or 2.43 to trade at $79.01 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.42% to 96.60, while EUR/RUB fell 0.46% to 105.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 102.64.

Source: Investing.com