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Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 1.06%

Published 18/01/2019, 16:35
© Reuters.  Russia shares higher at close of trade; MOEX Russia up 1.06%
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Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 1.06% to hit a new 3-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which rose 3.96% or 0.347 points to trade at 9.100 at the close. VTB (MCX:VTBR) added 3.91% or 0.0014 points to end at 0.0371 and Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX) was up 3.64% or 3.28 points to 93.33 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Aeroflot (MCX:AFLT), which lost 1.89% or 2.06 points to trade at 107.00 in late trade. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) declined 1.81% or 0.0710 points to end at 3.8600 and MVideo (MCX:MVID) shed 0.74% or 3.00 points to 404.20.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 82 and 27 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.

The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.93% to 21.620 a new 6-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.78% or 10.05 to $1282.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.88% or 1.50 to hit $53.57 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.37% or 1.45 to trade at $62.63 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.15% to 66.2628, while EUR/RUB fell 0.44% to 75.2534.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.020.

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