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.