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Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.26%

Published 03/01/2019, 16:35
Updated 03/01/2019, 16:35
Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.26%

Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 0.26%

Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia gained 0.26%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR), which rose 5.68% or 98.0 points to trade at 1823.0 at the close. Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) added 4.31% or 3.49 points to end at 84.49 and NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) was up 3.37% or 17.8 points to 546.6 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX), which lost 3.65% or 70.50 points to trade at 1859.50 in late trade. Polyus OAO (MCX:PLZL) declined 1.84% or 99.5 points to end at 5299.5 and NK Rosneft PAO (MCX:ROSN) shed 1.54% or 6.65 points to 425.85.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 118 to 85 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 4.85% to 29.210.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.63% or 8.10 to $1292.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.92% or 0.43 to hit $46.11 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.24 to trade at $54.67 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 1.60% to 68.7131, while EUR/RUB fell 2.02% to 78.3800.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 95.828.

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