Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 2.11%

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

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 2.11%.

The best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were Federal Hydro Generating Company RusHydro PJSC (MCX:HYDR), which rose 5.47% or 0.03 points to trade at 0.49 at the close. Meanwhile, NOVATEK PJSC (MCX:NVTK) added 5.24% or 65.40 points to end at 1,314.40 and Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) was up 4.39% or 0.08 points to 1.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Polyus PJSC (MCX:PLZL), which fell 2.53% or 48.20 points to trade at 1,856.60 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) declined 0.74% or 1.55 points to end at 208.02 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 189 to 54 and 12 ended unchanged.

Shares in GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) unchanged to 52-week lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 1,083.80.

The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was down 0.88% to 52.97.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.54% or 18.24 to $3,330.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.64% or 0.40 to hit $63.19 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.43 to trade at $66.98 a barrel.

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USD/RUB was down 0.72% to 82.60, while EUR/RUB fell 0.96% to 93.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 99.37.

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