Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 1.00%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 1.00%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:OZONDR ), which rose 3.70% or 120.50 points to trade at 3,380.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK (MCX:PIKK ) added 3.17% or 20.10 points to end at 654.20 and Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR ) was up 2.82% or 33.60 points to 1,226.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM ), which fell 4.73% or 3.81 points to trade at 76.67 at the close. Polyus PAO (MCX:PLZL ) declined 0.96% or 130.50 points to end at 13,397.50 and Magnit (MCX:MGNT ) was down 0.52% or 30.00 points to 5,759.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 169 to 76 and 10 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 4.65% to 28.72.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.52% or 14.00 to $2,680.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.43% or 0.97 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.28% or 0.91 to trade at $72.00 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 1.84% to 94.31, while EUR/RUB rose 1.72% to 105.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.15.

Source: Investing.com