Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.47%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Oil&Gas and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were GMK Norilskiy Nikel PAO (MCX:GMKN), which rose 4.59% or 4.90 points to trade at 111.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX) added 2.56% or 103.00 points to end at 4,134.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.21% or 0.69 points to 31.75 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which fell 1.31% or 0.08 points to trade at 5.94 at the close. Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK) declined 1.15% or 1.74 points to end at 150.00 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) was down 1.06% or 0.84 points to 78.06.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 153 to 96 and 7 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.37% to 29.63 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 13.10 to $2,611.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.77% or 1.24 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $74.83 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 92.18, while EUR/RUB fell 0.01% to 102.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.36.