Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.31%

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Telecoms and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.31%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which rose 4.57% or 5.69 points to trade at 130.20 at the close. Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR) added 3.51% or 42.60 points to end at 1,255.20 and Globaltrans Investment Gdr (MCX:GLTRDR) was up 2.25% or 11.95 points to 543.55 in late trade.

Biggest losers included PIK (MCX:PIKK), which lost 3.84% or 27.90 points to trade at 699.10 in late trade. Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT) declined 1.84% or 0.93 points to end at 49.49 and Bank VTB PAO (MCX:VTBR) shed 1.15% or 1.12 points to 95.90.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 162 to 82 and 9 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.85% to 32.33.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 16.80 to $2,554.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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 0.23% or 0.18 to trade at $78.74 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 92.00, while EUR/RUB rose 0.01% to 101.92.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.30.