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 by 2.56%.
The best performers of the session on the were Magnit (MCX:), which rose 5.81% or 274.50 points to trade at 5,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:) added 5.78% or 2.90 points to end at 53.09 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:) rose 5.26% or 1.22 points to 24.40 in the late trading.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 0.58% or 3.70 points to trade at 633.80 at the close. HeadHunter group PLC (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Groep NV (MCX:) recorded 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered falling stocks on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 185 to 51 and 20 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, fell 2.06% to 31.84.
December gold futures rose 0.99%, or 25.60, to $2,606.20 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for October delivery rose 0.39% or 0.27 to $69.24 per barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to $72.13 per barrel. barrel.
USD/RUB rose 0.89% to 89.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.90% to 99.68.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.24% to 101.11.
