{"id":86442,"date":"2025-08-23T03:39:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=86442"},"modified":"2025-08-23T03:39:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:39:42","slug":"russian-stocks-edge-higher-as-metals-and-mining-lead-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/russian-stocks-edge-higher-as-metals-and-mining-lead-gains\/86442\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Stocks Edge Higher as Metals and Mining Lead Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"331\">Russian equities closed higher on Friday, supported by strength in the metals and mining, electric utilities, and telecommunications sectors. The MOEX Russia Index gained 0.50% by the close in Moscow.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"494\">Among the top performers, PIK added 2.68% to finish at 659.70. Diamond producer ALROSA rose 2.51% to 48.27, while gold miner Polyus advanced 2.17% to 2,194.00.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"667\">On the losing side, Tatneft preferred shares slipped 1.04% to 636.50, while Tatneft\u2019s ordinary shares fell 0.91% to 675.00. Aluminum giant Rusal declined 0.59% to 33.49.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"865\">Market breadth was positive, with 179 stocks rising, 61 falling, and 11 unchanged on the Moscow Exchange. The Russian Volatility Index, which tracks expected market swings, eased 0.84% to 32.88.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1054\">In commodities, December gold futures gained 1.02% to $3,416.25 an ounce. Crude oil for October delivery edged up 0.36% to $63.75 a barrel, while Brent for October rose 0.18% to $67.79.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1056\" data-end=\"1260\">In currency markets, the ruble weakened against major peers. The dollar rose 0.43% to 80.91 rubles, while the euro climbed 1.03% to 94.46 rubles. Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index slipped 0.92% to 97.60.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian equities closed higher on Friday, supported by strength in the metals and mining, electric utilities, and telecommunications sectors. The\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":86443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[32069,32070],"class_list":["post-86442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-markets","tag-russian","tag-russian-stock-market"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}