Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the gained 3.17%.
The best performers of the session on the were Gazprom PAO (MCX:), which rose 1.13% or 1.29 points to trade at 115.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:) added 1.07% or 3.33 points to end at 314.03 and AFK Sistema (MCX:) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 26.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AFK Sistema (MCX:), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 26.52 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 62.82 and FSK EES (MCX:) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 0.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 2 to 0.
Shares in Aeroflot (MCX:) unchanged to 52-week highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 62.82.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was unchanged 0.00% to 25.73 a new 3-months high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.14% or 26.70 to $2,373.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.66% or 0.53 to hit $81.24 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.09 to trade at $85.72 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 87.24, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 93.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 105.32.
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