Russian stocks mixed on correcting oil, rising foreign floors

MOSCOW, Oct 9 (PRIME) -- The Russian stock market was trading and closed mixed on Friday thanks to controversial external and domestic drivers, analysts said.

The MOEX Russia Index decreased 0.43% to 2,834.09 and the RTS increased 0.48% to 1,164.34.

“The MOEX Russia and the RTS indices demonstrated no unified dynamics thanks to mixed external and internal factors,” Veles Broker analyst Yelena Kozhukhova said.

The dynamics of the U.S. and European stock exchanges looked moderately positive with major benchmarks rising 0.4–1%, while crude prices were seen in the negative territory due to correction, she added.

Kozhukhova said that the shares of metals giant Norilsk Nickel and precious metals producers rose in light of stabilization of global prices for metals.

National flagship air carrier Aeroflot continued a fall by another 4.34% after it had set the placement price of its secondary public offering (SPO) at 60 rubles per share.

Below are the MOEX Russia Index’s five most active stocks on Friday:

Company	Change, %	Last price, rbl	Trading volume, bln rbl
Sberbank	-0.95	206	12.256
Norilsk Nickel	+2.93	19478	7.591
Gazprom	-0.22	167.07	6.635
Aeroflot	-4.34	60	6.363
Yandex	+0.24	4725.8	4.359

(77.9157 rubles – U.S. $1)

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