Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.72%

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK), which rose 4.96% or 6.58 points to trade at 139.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM) added 3.89% or 0.23 points to end at 6.20 and AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) was up 2.56% or 0.41 points to 16.22 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO), which fell 2.64% or 9.20 points to trade at 338.80 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) declined 2.63% or 30.00 points to end at 1,110.00 and PIK (MCX:PIKK) was down 2.41% or 16.40 points to 663.30.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 145 to 97 and 11 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.70% to 35.97.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.84% or 21.20 to $2,547.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.32 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $72.88 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.02% to 88.24, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 98.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 101.03.