Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil and Gas, Telecom and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 4.40%, while the MICEX index climbed 2.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the RTSI were NMTP (MCX:NMTP), which rose 6.81% or 0.0950 points to trade at 1.4900 at the close. Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) added 6.10% or 18.35 points to end at 319.35 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) was up 5.89% or 1.895 points to 34.095 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS), which lost 3.28% or 0.550 points to trade at 16.200 in late trade. TMK ao (MCX:TRMK) declined 2.06% or 0.90 points to end at 42.80 and Bashneft ANK ap (pref) (MCX:BANE_p) shed 1.88% or 24.0 points to 1256.0.
The top performers on the MICEX were NMTP (MCX:NMTP) which rose 6.81% to 1.4900, Tatneft-3 (MCX:TATN) which was up 6.10% to settle at 319.35 and Surgut (MCX:SNGS) which gained 5.89% to close at 34.095.
The worst performers were AFK Sistema (MCX:AFKS) which was down 3.28% to 16.200 in late trade, TMK ao (MCX:TRMK) which lost 2.06% to settle at 42.80 and Bashneft ANK ap (pref) (MCX:BANE_p) which was down 1.88% to 1256.0 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 49 and 6 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.13% or 1.60 to $1262.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 6.75% or 3.27 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 6.12% or 3.31 to trade at $57.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.01% to 66.534, while EUR/RUB fell 1.41% to 76.076.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.63% at 93.98.