Russia shares larger at shut of commerce; MOEX Russia Index up 1.50%

Investing.com – Russia shares had been larger after the shut on Wednesday, as beneficial properties within the Oil & Gasoline, Mining and Energy sectors led shares larger.

On the shut in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 1.50% to hit a brand new 1-month excessive.

The very best performers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index had been Transneft PJSC Pref (MCX:TRNF_p), which rose 6.74% or 71.00 factors to commerce at 1,125.00 on the shut. In the meantime, Moskovskaya Birzha PJSC (MCX:MOEX) added 5.63% or 10.47 factors to finish at 196.56 and Gazprom PJSC (MCX:GAZP) was up 5.28% or 6.42 factors to 128.12 in late commerce.

The worst performers of the session had been PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR), which fell 0.36% or 23.00 factors to commerce at 6,368.00 on the shut. GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 factors to finish at 1,083.80 and T Tekhnologii MKPAO (MCX:TCSG) was 0.00% or 0.00 factors to 2,384.80.

Rising shares outnumbered declining ones on the Moscow Inventory Trade by 184 to 63 and 6 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 choices, was up 2.60% to 39.06.

Gold Futures for February supply was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities buying and selling, Crude oil for supply in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $70.10 a barrel, whereas the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to commerce at $73.22 a barrel.

USD/RUB was down 0.10% to 99.89, whereas EUR/RUB fell 0.40% to 103.55.

The US Greenback Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.