Investing.com – Russia equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Power and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Moscow, the MOEX Russia added 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the MOEX Russia were Magnit (MCX:MGNT), which rose 5.68% or 230.0 points to trade at 4280.0 at the close. Safmar Finansovye Investitsii PAO (MCX:SFIN) added 5.32% or 35.0 points to end at 693.0 and X5 Retail Group NV (MCX:FIVEDR) was up 2.24% or 38.5 points to 1758.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MVideo (MCX:MVID), which lost 2.00% or 8.00 points to trade at 392.00 in late trade. NK RussNeft PAO (MCX:RNFT) declined 2.00% or 12.5 points to end at 612.5 and NPK OVK PAO (MCX:UWGN) shed 1.77% or 10.0 points to 555.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 113 to 94 and 15 ended unchanged on the Moscow Stock Exchange.
The Russian VIX, which measures the implied volatility of MOEX Russia options, was up 0.78% to 24.640.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.47% or 5.80 to $1226.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.61% or 0.42 to hit $69.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.55 to trade at $74.48 a barrel.
USD/RUB was up 0.05% to 62.8520, while EUR/RUB fell 0.55% to 73.2875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 94.42.