Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 2.56%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 2.56%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT ), which rose 5.81% or 274.50 points to trade at 5,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p ) added 5.78% or 2.90 points to end at 53.09 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:SNGS ) was up 5.26% or 1.22 points to 24.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK ), which fell 0.58% or 3.70 points to trade at 633.80 at the close. HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR ) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 185 to 51 and 20 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.06% to 31.84.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.99% or 25.60 to $2,606.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $69.24 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $72.13 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.89% to 89.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.90% to 99.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 101.11.

Source: Investing.com