Russia stocks higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia Index up 1.12%

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

At the close in Moscow, the gained 1.12% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:), which rose 3.31% or 99.50 points to trade at 3,101.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:) added 3.08% or 0.30 points to end at 10.07 and Magnit PJSC (MCX:) was up 2.99% or 150.50 points to 5,178.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were VK Company Ltd (MCX:), which fell 3.10% or 9.20 points to trade at 288.00 at the close. ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:) unchanged 1.76% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:) was down 1.70% or 108.00 points to 6,260.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Stock Exchange by 130 to 109 and 14 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 10.19% to 39.67.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 18.32 to $2,653.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.71% or 0.50 to hit $69.60 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.39 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.12% to 99.78, while EUR/RUB rose 0.68% to 104.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 107.88.