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 added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the were Gazprom PAO (MCX:), which rose 4.57% or 5.69 points to trade at 130.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Ros Agro PLC (MCX:) added 3.51% or 42.60 points to end at 1,255.20 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:) was up 2.25% or 11.95 points to 543.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PIK (MCX:), which fell 3.84% or 27.90 points to trade at 699.10 at the close. Aeroflot (MCX:) declined 1.84% or 0.93 points to end at 49.49 and Bank VTB PAO (MCX:) was down 1.15% or 1.12 points to 95.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 162 to 82 and 9 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.85% to 32.33.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 16.80 to $2,554.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.01% or 1.50 to hit $76.02 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.22 to trade at $78.70 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.01% to 91.99, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 101.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.30.
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