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.