Russia Stock Market Summary

Investing.com – Russia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Manufacturing, and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

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

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia were:
– Ros Agro PLC (MCX:AGRODR): 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.
– ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS): up 2.94% or 1.43 points to 50.15 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP): fell 0.63% or 0.78 points to trade at 122.98 at the close.
– AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS): declined 0.56% or 0.09 points to end at 16.13.
– Unipro (MCX:UPRO): down 0.42% or 0.01 points to 1.67.

Market Overview

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 133 to 107, with 13 ending unchanged.

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

Commodities

• Gold Futures for December delivery were down 0.64% or 16.30 to $2,526.80 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for delivery in October fell 1.43% or 0.99 to hit $68.16 a barrel.
• The November Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 1.19 to trade at $71.50 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

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

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