Russian stocks rise at close of trade; MOEX Russia rose 0.44% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, it gained 0.44%.

The best performers of the session were Magnit PJSC (MCX: ), which rose 1.61% or 78.50 points to trade at 4,968.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX: ) added 1.10% or 13.40 points to end at 1,234.60 and Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX: ) was up 1.67% or 0.10 points, up to 6.15 at the end of trading.

The worst performers of the session were Bank VTB PJSC (MCX: ), which fell 4.05% or 3.64 points to trade at 86.15 at the close. OK Rusal MKPAO (MCX: ) declined 1.28% or 0.44 points to 33.59 and AFK Sistema PJSC (MCX: ) declined 1.02% or 0.16 points to 15. 10.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 124 to 113, with 17 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia index options, rose 0.74% to 25.85, a new one-month low.

Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.81%, or 21.20, to $2,647.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude oil for November delivery rose 3.21%, or 2.35, to $75.59 a barrel, while the December Brent crude contract rose 3.17% or 2.43, to 79.01 dollars per barrel.

USD/RUB fell 0.42% to 96.60, while EUR/RUB fell 0.46% to 105.63.

US dollar index futures were down 0.05% at 102.64.