Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 5.88%
Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining , Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index added 5.88% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Gazprom PJSC (MCX: GAZP ), which rose 7.58% or 11.72 points to trade at 166.32 at the close. Meanwhile, AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX: AFKS ) added 7.39% or 1.12 points to end at 16.26 and Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX: MOEX ) was up 3.57% or 8.09 points to 234.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TATNEFT n.a. V.D. Shashin (MCX: TATN ), which fell 3.45% or 25.40 points to trade at 711.60 at the close. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX: RUAL ) declined 3.30% or 1.24 points to end at 36.20 and Rostelekom PJSC (MCX: RTKM ) was down 2.70% or 2.00 points to 72.19.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 149 to 95 and 10 ended unchanged.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 5.07% to 40.19.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.98% or 28.82 to $2,957.52 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $71.39 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $75.14 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 4.79% to 89.50, while EUR/RUB fell 4.07% to 93.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.76% at 107.00.