Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Oil & Gas and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MICEX rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MICEX were Moskovskaya Birzha OAO (MCX:MOEX), which rose 7.44% or 5.23 points to trade at 75.49 at the close. Transneft (pref) (MCX:TRNF_p) added 5.38% or 6790.0 points to end at 133000.0 and Surgut-pref (MCX:SNGS_p) was up 4.74% or 2.150 points to 47.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MMC Norilsk Nickel (MCX:GMKN), which lost 4.26% or 449.0 points to trade at 10090.0 in late trade. PIK (MCX:PIKK) declined 3.73% or 7.20 points to end at 186.00 and MMK (MCX:MAGN) shed 2.29% or 0.347 points to 14.802.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 75 and 6 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MICEX options, was down 5.09% to 39.690 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.72% or 8.70 to $1199.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.52% or 0.76 to hit $49.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.95% or 1.69 to trade at $55.41 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 2.26% to 56.284, while EUR/RUB fell 1.26% to 61.251.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.81% at 97.73.