Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Power, Oil & Gas and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which rose 5.48% or 13.60 points to trade at 261.80 at the close. ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR) added 5.22% or 139.50 points to end at 2,814.00 and Unipro PJSC (MCX:UPRO) was up 5.16% or 0.08 points to 1.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Surgutneftegas PJSC Pref (MCX:SNGS_p), which lost 0.74% or 0.42 points to trade at 56.03 in late trade. GDR Globaltrans Inves ORD SHS (MCX:GLTRDR) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 519.25 and GDR ROS AGRO PLC ORD SHS (MCX:AGRODR) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 1,083.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 176 to 67 and 10 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 1.51% to 47.75.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.80% or 21.35 to $2,654.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.52 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $72.26 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 3.81% to 100.99, while EUR/RUB fell 3.11% to 106.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 105.71.