Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 2.56%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 2.56%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 5.81% or 274.50 points to trade at 5,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) added 5.78% or 2.90 points to end at 53.09 and Surgutneftegaz PAO (MCX:SNGS) was up 5.26% or 1.22 points to 24.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:PIKK), which fell 0.58% or 3.70 points to trade at 633.80 at the close. HeadHunter Group PLC (MCX:HHRUDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 3,908.00 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 2,798.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 185 to 51 and 20 ended unchanged.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.06% to 31.84.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.99% or 25.60 to $2,606.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $69.24 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $72.13 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 0.89% to 89.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.90% to 99.68.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 101.11.