Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.31%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP ), which rose 4.57% or 5.69 points to trade at 130.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR ) added 3.51% or 42.60 points to end at 1,255.20 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR ) was up 2.25% or 11.95 points to 543.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK ), which fell 3.84% or 27.90 points to trade at 699.10 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT ) declined 1.84% or 0.93 points to end at 49.49 and Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR ) was down 1.15% or 1.12 points to 95.90.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 162 to 82 and 9 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.85% to 32.33.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 16.80 to $2,554.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.01% or 1.50 to hit $76.02 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.22 to trade at $78.70 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 91.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 101.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.30.

Source: Investing.com