Investing.com – Russian stocks were higher after Friday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, shares gained 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the were Rostelekom PJSC (MCX:), which rose 2.45% or 1.77 points to trade at 74.09 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:) added 1.69% or 21.60 points to end at 1,302.60 and TATNEFT na VD Shashin (MCX:) rose 1.56% or 10.10 points to 659.10 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:), which fell 1.64% or 42.50 points to trade at 2,546.50 at the close. Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:) fell 1.49% or 0.82 points to end at 54.24 and VK Company Ltd (MCX:) fell 1.00% or 3.40 points to 336.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 153 to 92 and 8 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, rose 3.64% to 30.77.
December gold futures fell 0.22%, or 5.85, to $2,673.35 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for November delivery rose 1.00% or 0.74 to $74.45 per barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.48 to $78.10 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB rose 0.27% to 95.01, while EUR/RUB fell 0.23% to 104.27.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.48% to 102.24.
