Russia RTS Stock-Index Futures Gain as Oil, Commodities Rally

Jun. 01, 2011 09:40AM PST

Bloomberg reports Russia’s RTS stock-index futures rose, signaling stocks may climb today in Moscow, as commodities rallied.

The market news is quoted as saying,

Copper, nickel, aluminum and lead rose in London yesterday, and oil advanced in New York, helping push the Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 raw materials up 1.1 percent. The index fell 5.5 percent in May, after eight consecutive monthly gains.

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