Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were SG mechel (MCX:MTLR), which rose 5.40% or 7.55 points to trade at 147.25 at the close. Yandex NV (MCX:YNDX) added 3.80% or 83.50 points to end at 2283.50 and Inter rao ees (MCX:IRAO) was up 2.10% or 0.0780 points to 3.7955 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rosseti ao (MCX:RSTI), which lost 3.71% or 0.0330 points to trade at 0.8555 in late trade. MVideo (MCX:MVID) declined 2.10% or 9.30 points to end at 434.20 and Gazprom PAO (MCX:GAZP) shed 1.32% or 1.83 points to 137.06.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 128 to 88 and 14 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was down 2.53% to 22.720.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.30% or 4.10 to $1353.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $60.55 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.51 to trade at $63.85 a barrel.
USD/RUB was down 0.32% to 56.5265, while EUR/RUB fell 0.12% to 70.5512.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 88.69.