Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Telecom and Oil and Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the RTSI rose 3.18%, while the MICEX index added 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the RTSI were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 14.49% or 10.58 points to trade at 83.58 at the close. Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) added 7.40% or 0.0635 points to end at 0.9220 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) was up 7.39% or 0.0445 points to 0.6470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS), which lost 3.95% or 2.880 points to trade at 70.120 in late trade. Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) declined 3.26% or 18.00 points to end at 533.50 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) shed 2.61% or 260.0 points to 9700.0.
The top performers on the MICEX were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR) which rose 14.49% to 83.58, Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) which was up 7.40% to settle at 0.9220 and GidroOGK-011D (MCX:HYDR) which gained 7.39% to close at 0.6470.
The worst performers were ALROSA ao (MCX:ALRS) which was down 3.95% to 70.120 in late trade, Polymetal International PLC (MCX:POLY) which lost 3.26% to settle at 533.50 and Verhnesald MPO (MCX:VSMO) which was down 2.61% to 9700.0 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 46 and 1 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.73% or 8.80 to $1210.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 3.20% or 1.63 to hit $49.36 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.56 to trade at $61.06 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.89% to 60.980, while EUR/RUB fell 1.95% to 68.389.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.05% at 95.23.