Investing.com – Russian stocks were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close in Moscow, shares gained 0.02%.
The best artists of the session on the were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:), which rose 3.74% or 0.23 points to trade at 6.30 at the close. In the meantime, PhosAgro ao (MCX:) added 3.51% or 184.00 points to end at 5,432.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) rose 2.19% or 0.74 points to 34.50 in late trading .
The worst performers of the session were Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:), which fell 2.33% or 78.00 points to trade at 3,263.00 at the close. TKS Holding MKPAO (MCX:) fell 1.71% or 45.50 points to end at 2,614.00 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:) fell 1.58% or 3.43 points to 213.21.
The number of falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 160 to 89 and 5 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, rose 1.16% to 31.28.
December gold futures rose 0.39%, or 10.40, to $2,695.10 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for November delivery fell 3.20% or 2.23 to $67.46 per barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to $70.91 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% at 92.61, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 103.50.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.32% to 100.31.
