Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 1.24% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Russia shares have been larger after the shut on Wednesday, as good points within the , and sectors led shares larger.

On the shut in Moscow, the added 1.24% to hit a brand new 3-months excessive.

The perfect performers of the session on the have been Surgutneftegas PJSC (MCX:), which rose 3.88% or 1.05 factors to commerce at 28.13 on the shut. In the meantime, VK Firm Ltd (MCX:) added 2.48% or 8.40 factors to finish at 346.60 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:) was up 2.30% or 155.00 factors to six,891.00 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session have been Severstal PJSC (MCX:), which fell 2.71% or 35.00 factors to commerce at 1,255.00 on the shut. Unipro PJSC (MCX:) declined 2.53% or 0.05 factors to finish at 2.00 and Magnitogorskiy Metallurgicheskiy Kombinat PAO (MCX:) was down 2.48% or 0.93 factors to 36.49.

Rising shares outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Inventory Alternate by 165 to 80 and 9 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index choices, was up 2.02% to 36.93.

Gold Futures for February supply was up 0.23% or 6.41 to $2,765.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in March fell 0.59% or 0.45 to hit $75.38 a barrel, whereas the March Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.35 to commerce at $78.94 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.23% to 99.25, whereas EUR/RUB fell 0.39% to 103.36.

The US Greenback Index Futures was up 0.17% at 108.04.