Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 1.51%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index gained 1.51%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES), which unchanged 5.71% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Gazprom PJSC (MCX:GAZP) added 4.06% or 4.48 points to end at 114.76 and Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) was up 4.03% or 0.05 points to 1.17 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which fell 0.11% or 1.20 points to trade at 1,097.80 at the close. PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 544.00 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:T) was up 0.22% or 0.60 points to 269.48.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 190 to 54 and 10 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 2.34% to 29.63.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.24% or 50.40 to $4,010.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.99% or 3.97 to hit $103.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.21 to trade at $116.93 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.27% to 80.86, while EUR/RUB fell 1.71% to 90.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 101.60.