Russia’s RTS-Index Futures Advance After Oil, Commodities Gain
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Russia’s RTS stock-index futures gained, signaling stocks may rebound from a six-month low in Moscow, as oil and metals, the country’s major exports, rose.
Futures on the dollar-denominated index expiring in June advanced 0.2 percent on May 20. Contracts on OAO Rosneft, the country’s biggest oil producer, rose 0.5 percent while those on OAO Lukoil, the second-largest, added 0.4 percent. Futures on OAO Gazprom, the world’s top gas producer, climbed 0.1 percent.