Investing.com – Russian stocks were higher after Friday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the price added 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the exchange were Aeroflot (MCX:), which rose 5.90% or 3.50 points to trade at 62.82 at the close. Meanwhile, FSK EES (MCX:) was unchanged 4.27% or 0.00 points to end at 0.11 and NOVATEK (MCX:) rose 4.07% or 42.60 points to 1,089.60 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:), which fell 3.75% or 9.36 points to trade at 240.10 at the close. Bank VTB PAO (MCX:) unchanged 0.22% or 0.00 points to end at 0.02 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:) fell 0.21% or 0.02 points to 7.03.
Rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 181 to 59, with 13 ending unchanged.
Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:) rose to a 52-week high; increase of 5.90% or 3.50 to 62.82.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, rose 8.02% to 25.73, a new three-month high.
August gold futures rose 1.31%, or 30.40, to $2,348.40 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for July delivery fell 0.17% or 0.13 to $78.49 per barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.09 to $82.66 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB rose 1.93% to 89.58, while EUR/RUB rose 1.63% to 95.91.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.04% to 105.14.
