Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.13%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.13%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR), which rose 5.77% or 64.00 points to trade at 1,174.00 at the close. VK Company Ltd DRC (MCX:VKCO) added 3.01% or 10.20 points to end at 349.00 and ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) was up 2.94% or 1.43 points to 50.15 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP), which lost 0.63% or 0.78 points to trade at 122.98 in late trade. AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) declined 0.56% or 0.09 points to end at 16.13 and Unipro (MCX:UPRO) shed 0.42% or 0.01 points to 1.67.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 133 to 107 and 13 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 1.74% to 36.15.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 16.30 to $2,526.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.99 to hit $68.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 1.19 to trade at $71.50 a barrel.

USD/RUB was up 2.38% to 90.35, while EUR/RUB rose 2.15% to 100.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 101.15.