Russia Stocks Jump as Gazprom Rallies, Putin Urges Investment Bloomberg The 50-stock Micex Index gained 0.6 percent to 1,488.22 by the close in Moscow after dropping 0.7 percent earlier. Gazprom, Russia's natural-gas export monopoly, erased earlier declines, rising 1.6 percent. Novatek increased as much as 1.5 percent. |






