Russia stocks lower at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index unchanged

Russia stocks were lower after the close on Saturday, as in the sectors led shares .

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index unchanged 0.00% to hit a new 3-months high.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were OZON (MCX:OZON), which rose 2.20% or 77.50 points to trade at 3,595.00 at the close. Meanwhile, VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO) added 2.19% or 3.00 points to end at 139.80 and Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL) was up 2.11% or 24.60 points to 1,189.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were PIK SHb PJSC (MCX:PIKK), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 544.00 at the close. Sberbank Rossii PJSC (MCX:SBER) added 0.07% or 0.19 points to end at 287.48 and Sberbank Rossii PJSC Pref (MCX:SBER_p) was up 0.10% or 0.29 points to 287.70.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 195 to 31 and 23 ended unchanged.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.66 a new 3-months low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.40% or 16.60 to $4,186.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.95% or 3.87 to hit $101.84 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.17 to trade at $109.69 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.96% to 83.08, while EUR/RUB fell 0.80% to 93.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 101.60.