Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.13%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining , Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR ), which rose 5.77% or 64.00 points to trade at 1,174.00 at the close. Meanwhile, VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO ) added 3.01% or 10.20 points to end at 349.00 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS ) was up 2.94% or 1.43 points to 50.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP ), which fell 0.63% or 0.78 points to trade at 122.98 at the close. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS ) declined 0.56% or 0.09 points to end at 16.13 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO ) was down 0.42% or 0.01 points to 1.67.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 133 to 107 and 13 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.74% to 36.15.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 16.30 to $2,526.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.99 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 1.19 to trade at $71.50 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 2.38% to 90.35, while EUR/RUB rose 2.15% to 100.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.15.

Source: Investing.com