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 price rose 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the were AFK Sistema (MCX:), which rose 7.00% or 1.76 points to trade at 26.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Ozon Holdings PLC (MCX:) added 5.06% or 223.00 points to end at 4,631.00 and FSK EES (MCX:) was unchanged 4.32% or 0.00 points to 0.11 in the late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Polyus PAO (MCX:), which fell 1.83% or 231.00 points to trade at 12,367.50 at the close. FGK Rusgidro PAO (MCX:) fell 0.92% or 0.01 points to end at 0.65, while OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:) fell 0.71% or 0.30 points to 42.22.
Rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 225 to 21 and 6 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, rose 4.27% to 23.22.
August gold futures fell 3.33%, or 79.70, to $2,311.20 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery fell 0.23% or 0.17 to $75.38 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.33 to $79.54 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB rose 0.57% to 89.35, while EUR/RUB fell 1.11% to 96.19.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.82% to 104.92.
