Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.47%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.47%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were GMK Norilskiy Nikel PAO (MCX:GMKN), which rose 4.59% or 4.90 points to trade at 111.10 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YDEX) added 2.56% or 103.00 points to end at 4,134.00 and OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX:RUAL) was up 2.21% or 0.69 points to 31.75 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank OAO (MCX:CBOM), which lost 1.31% or 0.08 points to trade at 5.94 in late trade. Novolipetsk Steel PAO (MCX:NLMK) declined 1.15% or 1.74 points to end at 150.00 and Rostelekom PAO (MCX:RTKM) shed 1.06% or 0.84 points to 78.06.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 153 to 96 and 7 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 5.37% to 29.63 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.50% or 13.10 to $2,611.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.77% or 1.24 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.85 a barrel.

USD/RUB was unchanged 0.00% to 92.17, while EUR/RUB unchanged 0.00% to 102.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.36.