Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia Index rose 1.12% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia Index were ADS Ozon Holdings PLC ORD SHS (MCX:OZONDR), which rose 3.31% or 99.50 points to trade at 3,101.50 at the close. Moskovskiy Kreditnyi Bank PAO (MCX:CBOM) added 3.08% or 0.30 points to end at 10.07 and Magnit PJSC (MCX:MGNT) was up 2.99% or 150.50 points to 5,178.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VK Company Ltd (MCX:VKCO), which lost 3.10% or 9.20 points to trade at 288.00 in late trade. ROSSETI PJSC (MCX:FEES) unchanged 1.76% or 0.00 points to end at 0.07 and PhosAgro PJSC (MCX:PHOR) shed 1.70% or 108.00 points to 6,260.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 130 to 109 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian Volatility Index – RVI, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia Index options, was up 10.19% to 39.67.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 18.47 to $2,653.97 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.71% or 0.50 to hit $69.60 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.37 to trade at $72.80 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.14% to 99.77, while EUR/RUB rose 0.68% to 104.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 107.87.