Investing.com – Russian stocks were higher after Friday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close in Moscow, the stock rose 9.19% to hit a new one-month high.
The best performers of the session on the were VK Company Ltd (MCX:), which rose 17.87% or 44.40 points to trade at 292.80 at the close. Meanwhile, PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:) added 17.62% or 65.50 points to end at 437.30 and Mobil’nye Telesistemy PJSC (MCX:) rose 14.42% or 24.70 points to 195, 95 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:), which fell 0.56% or 33.00 points to trade at 5,814.00 at the close. T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 2,384.80 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) was up 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80.
Rising shares outnumbered falling shares on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 246 to 5 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) unchanged at 52-week low; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, rose 3.62% to 40.09, a new one-month low.
February gold futures rose 1.27%, or 33.06, to $2,641.16 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery fell 1.53% or 1.08 to $69.50 per barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to $72.93 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB fell 0.48% to 103.00, while EUR/RUB rose 0.14% to 107.39.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.55% to 107.56.
